彼処

From Old Japanese. Appears to be a compound of 彼 (a, “that one over there”, distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎ し (shi, unknown, possibly a possessive) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”). May be the older form of modern asoko below.[1]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あしこ [àshíkó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ɕiko̞]

彼処 (hiragana あしこ, rōmaji ashiko)

1. (obsolete) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Wakana, part 1)

     彼処 (あしこ)に籠 (こも)りなむのち

     ashiko ni komorinamu nochi

     ...after hiding there...

Shift in pronunciation from ashiko above,[1] probably influenced by そこ (soko).

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あそこ [àsókó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠so̞ko̞]

彼処 (hiragana あそこ, rōmaji asoko)

1. yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there

The reading asoko is the most commonly used in modern Japanese.

The hiragana spelling あそこ is almost always used. The kanji use is rare.

Appears to be a compound of 彼 (a, “that one over there”, distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”).[1][2] First appears in the late 1500s, early 1600s,[2] and used mostly in the Kansai region.[2][3] Given the historical tendency for innovation in the Kansai region, the term may instead derive as an abbreviation of asoko above, by analogy with the -ko suffix in ここ (koko, “here”) and そこ (soko, “there”, closer to the listener than to the speaker).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​こ [áꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ko̞]

彼処 (hiragana あこ, rōmaji ako)

1. (dialectal) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there

Generally only used in the Kansai region.

Shift in pronunciation from asoko above.[2]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) あすこ [àsúkó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠sɨᵝko̞]

彼処 (hiragana あすこ, rōmaji asuko)

1. (rare) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there

Compound of 彼 (ka, “that one over there”, distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞]

彼処 (hiragana かこ, rōmaji kako)

1. (rare, obsolete) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
   • 1483, 地蔵菩薩霊験絵詞 (Jizō Bosatsu Reiken Eshi, “Jizō Bodhisattva Miracle Picture-scroll”)

     彼 (か)処 (こ)を退 (そ)き去 (さ)る也 (なり)

     kako o sokisaru nari

     ...[he] left that place...

Appears to be a compound of 彼 (ka, “that one over there”, distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎ し (shi, unknown, possibly a possessive) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”).

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) か​しこ [káꜜshìkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕiko̞]

彼処 (hiragana かしこ, rōmaji kashiko)

1. (rare) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
2. (rare) that aforementioned place