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Japanese
Etymology
From 所 (tokoro, “place”) + で (de, “at”, “in”, indicates a location of action).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
所で • (tokoro de)
- by the way, incidentally
- 所で、ちょっと君に話が在る。
- Tokoro de, chotto kimi ni hanashi ga aru.
- By the way, I have something to tell you.
- 所で、あなたの仕事は何ですか？
- Tokoro de, anata no shigoto wa nan desu ka?
- By the way, what do you do?
Synonyms
Particle
所で • (tokoro de)
- 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.
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN