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Japanese
Etymology 1
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何処
何所
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⟨iduku⟩ → /id͡zuku/ → /id͡zuko/ → /idoko/ → /doko/
Shift from earlier いどこ (idoko) and いずこ (izuko), ultimately from Old Japanese-derived いずく (izuku) of the same meaning; by analogy of pronouns ここ (koko) and そこ (soko) having two morae in length, therefore the drop of the initial i-.
Compare the shift of いずち (izuchi) → どちら (dochira).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
どこ • (doko)
- indefinite interrogative pronoun:
- points to unknown or unspecified locations: where..., which ...
- 新宿駅はどこですか。 ― Shinjuku-eki wa doko desu ka. ― Where is Shinjuku Station?
- アメリカの首都はどこですか。 ― Amerika no shuto wa doko desu ka. ― Which city is the capital of the United States?
- どこが痛いですか。 ― doko ga itai desu ka. ― Which part of your body aches?
- points to objects belonging to an uncertain group: which ...
- 今夜はどことどこが戦いますか。 ― Kon'ya wa doko to doko ga tatakaimasu ka. ― Which team plays which tonight?
- (added before a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
Usage notes
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
See also
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ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)
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so-
“that”
(close to listener)
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a-
“that over there”
(far from both)
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do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
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| Object
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これ (kore)
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それ (sore)
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あれ (are)
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どれ (dore)
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| これら (korera)
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それら (sorera)
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あれら (arera)
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—
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| Determiner
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この (kono)
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その (sono)
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あの (ano)
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どの (dono)
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| これらの (korera no)
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それらの (sorera no)
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あれらの (arera no)
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—
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| Kind
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こんな (konna)
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そんな (sonna)
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あんな (anna)
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どんな (donna)
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| こういう (kō iu)
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そういう (sō iu)
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ああいう (ā iu)
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どういう (dō iu)
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| Place
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ここ (koko)
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そこ (soko)
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あそこ (asoko)*
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どこ (doko)
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| こっから (kokkara)
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そっから (sokkara)
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—
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どっから (dokkara)
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| Direction / Human
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こちら (kochira)
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そちら (sochira)
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あちら (achira)
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どちら (dochira)
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| こなた (konata)
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そなた (sonata)
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あなた (anata)
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どなた (donata)
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| Direction
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こっち (kotchi)
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そっち (sotchi)
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あっち (atchi)
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どっち (dotchi)
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| Human
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こいつ (koitsu)
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そいつ (soitsu)
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あいつ (aitsu)
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どいつ (doitsu)
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| Manner
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こう (kō)
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そう (sō)
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ああ (ā)**
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どう (dō)
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| Degree
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これくらい (kore kurai)
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それくらい (sore kurai)
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あれくらい (are kurai)
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どれくらい (dore kurai)
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| これだけ (kore dake)
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それだけ (sore dake)
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あれだけ (are dake)
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どれだけ (dore dake)
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| これほど (kore hodo)
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それほど (sore hodo)
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あれほど (are hodo)
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どれほど (dore hodo)
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* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
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The kanji
此 (ko),
其 (so),
彼 (a), and
何 (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.
Adverb
どこ • (doko)
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Etymology 2
First cited to a 洒落本 (sharebon) text in 1790.
The suffix senses are derived from the rendaku (連濁) form of とこ (-toko), a colloquial stem indicating a circumstance, moment, place, point, and many others.
Particle
どこ • (doko)
- (informal, with a usually negative sentence) Short for どころ (dokoro): indicates rejection to an out of the question word or phrase: the extent of, the place of, the time of
Derived terms
Suffix
どこ • (-doko)
- (attached to nouns, stem forms of verbs, or stems of adjectives) expresses equivalence, worth, etc.: befitting..., deserving..., worthy of...
- (after a personal pronoun) one's family, home, or household
Etymology 3
| For pronunciation and definitions of どこ – see the following entries: 土戸, 土鼓, 奴袴
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(The following entries are uncreated: 土戸, 土鼓, 奴袴.)
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