居場所

Japanese
Kanji in this term
居 場 所
い
Grade: 5		 ば
Grade: 2		 しょ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi kun’yomi on’yomi

Etymology

居 (i, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb いる (iru)) +‎ 場所 (basho)

Pronunciation

Noun

居(い)場(ば)所(しょ) • (ibasho) ←ゐばしよ (wibasyo)?

  1. whereabouts; location
    なぜ居(い)場(ば)所(しょ)わかった？
    Naze ibasho wakatta?
    How did [someone] know where [someone] is?
  2. place where one belongs; home
    • 2017 January 20, “アジャニの誓(ちか)い [Oath of Ajani]”, in 霊気紛争 [Aether Revolt], Wizards of the Coast:
      すべての者(もの)が居(い)場(ば)所(しょ)を見(み)つけるまで、私(わたし)はゲートウォッチになる。
      Subete no mono ga ibasho o mitsukeru made, watashi wa Gētowotchi ni naru.
      Until all have found their place, I will be one of the Gatewatch.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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