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How to say 'Where' in Japanese | 何処

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The Japanese word for Where is 'Doko', written as 何処 in Japanese.'Where' in hiragana is どこ.

    word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

    Reading

    どこ

    doko

    Kanji

    何What 処Deal with

    Explanation

    The Japanese pronoun '何処 (どこ)' means 'where'. It is used to ask about the location of something or someone. This pronoun is commonly used in questions to inquire about places or directions. For example: Where is the station?「駅は何処ですか？」(えきはどこですか？). Where did you go?「何処に行きましたか？」(どこにいきましたか？). It can also be used in statements to indicate an unknown or unspecified location, such as 'I don't know where it is'「何処にあるか分からない」(どこにあるかわからない). The word '何処' is often written in hiragana as 'どこ' in modern Japanese, but the kanji form is still used in formal or literary contexts.

    Part Of Speech

    pronoun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    6

    Frequency

    181

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何処

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • kanji

    処

    Meaning

    Deal with

Words Related to 何処 Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

Words Related to 何処 Through the Kanji 処

These 6 Words contain the Kanji 処 as well.

  • word

    処理

    Meaning

    Processing, Disposal

  • word

    処分

    Meaning

    Disposal

  • word

    彼処

    Meaning

    There

  • word

    対処

    Meaning

    Handling

  • word

    処置

    Meaning

    Measure

  • word

    処方

    Meaning

    Prescription

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What does 'Doko' (何処) mean?

'Doko' means 'Where' .

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