Kanji1 / 8
所 kanji
place, extent
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
ショ
Kun readings
ところ-ところどころとこ
Words with 所
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —閉所恐怖claustrophobia; fear of confined spaces
- —住所不明address unknown
- —保管場所depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
- —農家所得farm income
- —他所行きgoing elsewhere; travelling afar with one's client (of a geisha, etc.)
- —異所形成heterotopia; heterotopy
- —住所変更change of address
- —墜落場所crash site (esp. aircraft)
- —癌研究所cancer research institute; cancer research center (centre)
- —蕃書調所Institute for the Study of Western Books (Edo period); Institute for the Investigation of Foreign Books
- —仮設便所portable toilet; porta-potty; portaloo
- —恒常所得permanent income
- —変動所得fluctuating income
- —簡易宿所public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
- —仮出所者parolee; person on parole (from prison)
- —役所言葉bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
- —場所取りstaking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
- —所掌事務scope of affairs under the jurisdiction
- —所得隠しincome concealment; (income) tax evasion
- —行き場所place to go; place one can go