どこ

See also: とこ

Japanese

Etymology

/iduku/ → /iduko/ → /idoko/ → /doko/.

Pronoun

どこ (rōmaji doko)

  1. 何処: interrogative demonstrative; which place, which area, which part.
    新宿駅 (しんじゅくえき)はどこですか。
    Shinjuku eki wa doko desu ka.
    Where is Shinjuku station?
    アメリカの首 (しゅ)都 (と)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 (いた)いですか。
    Doko ga itai desu ka.
    Which part of your body aches?
  2. interrogative demonstrative; which organization, which team.
    今 (こん)夜 (や)はどことどこが戦 (たたか)いますか。
    Kon'ya wa doko to doko ga tatakaimasu ka.
    Which team plays which tonight?

Usage notes
  • The hiragana spelling (どこ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (何処), which is rarely used.

Derived terms
  • どこか
  • どこそこ
  • どこもかしこも
  • どこら辺

See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
Direction こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
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