所で

Japanese
Kanji in this term
所
ところ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 所 (tokoro, “place”) +‎ で (de, “at”, “in”, indicates a location of action).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

所(ところ)で • (tokoro de) 

  1. by the way, incidentally
    所(ところ)で、ちょっと君(きみ)に話(はなし)が在(あ)る。
    Tokoro de, chotto kimi ni hanashi ga aru.
    By the way, I have something to tell you.
    所(ところ)で、あなたの仕(し)事(ごと)は何(なん)ですか？
    Tokoro de, anata no shigoto wa nan desu ka?
    By the way, what do you do?

Synonyms

Particle

所(ところ)で • (tokoro de) 

  1. even if, no matter if (someone does something)

See also

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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