ところで (tokoro de)

Meaning

  1. by the way

All JLPT 3 grammar : 所で(ところで, tokoro de), by the way; incidentally, [Conjunction]

Usually written using kana alone

Example

日本語意味
あやうく某業者の甘言に騙され、大損するところでした。I was almost deceived by a certain trader’s sweet words into making a huge loss.
際どいところで勝つ。To win by a narrow margin.
「ところで神社を知っていますか?」「軽く触れる程度には。信仰対象となった存在、いわゆるところの神格を祭る礼拝施設ね」“By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?” “I’ve a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It’s a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined.”
人種間には様々な葛藤、軋轢があることは、本書においても明らかにされているところである。That there are various conflicts, frictions, within the races of man is a point made clear within this book as well.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
monoperson
sonloss, disadvantage
するsuruto do
kiwaedge, brink, verge
勝つkatsuto win, to gain victory
施設shisetsuinstitution; establishment; facility
taiopposite; opposition; versus; vs.; v.
dodegree, counter for occurrences
触れるfureruto touch, to feel
kamiGod, deity
信仰shinkoufaith, belief
存在sonzaiexistence, being
対象taishoutarget, object
程度teidodegree, amount
神社jinjaShinto shrine
明らかakirakaobvious, evident, clear
人種jinshurace
様々samazamavaried, various
honbook

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ダイ,タイおお-, おお.きい, -おお.いにlarge, big
ゲン,ゴンい.う, ことsay, word
ギョウ,ゴウわざbusiness
シャものperson, someone
サイきわ, -ぎわoccasion, when, side
ショウか.つ, -が.ち, まさ.るvictory, win, prevail
し.る, し.らせるknow, wisdom
ド,ト,タクたび, -た.いdegrees
シャやしろcompany, firm
カク,コウ,キャク,ゴウstatus, character
レイ,ライsalute, bow, ceremony
シン,ジンかみ, かん-, こう-gods, mind, soul
シンfaith, fidelity, trust
ソン,ゾンながら.える, あ.る, たも.つexist, be aware of
タイ,ツイあいて, こた.える, そろ.いopposite, compare
テイほど, -ほどextent, degree, limits
ザイあ.るexist, located in
ホンもとbook, present, main, origin, true, real
ジン,ニンひと, -り, -とperson
カン,ケンあいだ, ま, あいinterval, space
ショか.く, -が.き, -がきwrite
メイ,ミョウ,ミンあ.かり, あか.るい, あか.るむbright, light
シュたね, -ぐさspecies, kind, variety
ヨウ,ショウさま, さんmanner, situation

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