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
- —ご近所さんneighbor; neighbour
- —科学研究所science institute; scientific laboratory
- —結婚相談所marriage agency; matrimonial agency; matchmaking service
- —動物検疫所animal quarantine station
- —水洗式便所flush toilet
- —所得再分配income redistribution
- —少年裁判所juvenile court
- —指定避難所designated evacuation shelter
- —簡易宿泊所public lodging house; simple lodging (including pensions, private lodging and capsule hotels)
- —場所見知りhaving a hard time getting used to unfamiliar places (of children)
- —所得代替率pension replacement rate; income substitution rate (of the public pension)
- —景品交換所pachinko prize exchange shop; shop where pachinko prizes are exchanged for money
- —区分所有権unit ownership (in a condominium or other multi-unit building); unit ownership rights
- —区分所有者unit owner (in a condominium or other multi-unit building)
- —お役所言葉bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
- —一時保護所temporary protective custody facility; temporary care center
- —高所作業車aerial work platform; elevating work platform; boom lift; bucket truck; cherry picker
- —連絡事務所de-facto embassy; liaison office
- —運転指令所operations center (railway, power plant, etc.); control room
- —所轄警察署police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station