彼処

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
彼 処
あし
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)

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, possibly the directional marker found in terms such as 昔 (mukashi, “ancient times”), 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”)) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”). May be the older form of modern asoko below.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

彼(あし)処(こ) • (ashiko) 

  1. (obsolete) yon place, that place yonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
彼 処
あそ
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 彼処 – see the following entry.
【あそこ】
[pronoun] (deictically) that place, area, or part over there (far from the speaker and the addressee)
[pronoun] (deictically) that organization or team over there (far from the speaker and the addressee)
[pronoun] (anaphorically) that place, area, or part we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know)
[pronoun] (anaphorically) that organization or team we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know)
[pronoun] (slang, by extension from the sense of “down there”) genitals
(This term, 彼処, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
彼 処
あ
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)

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).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

彼(あ)処(こ) • (ako) 

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

Generally only used in the Kansai region.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
彼 処
あす
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)

Either a shift in pronunciation from asoko,[2] or from ashiko.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

彼(あす)処(こ) • (asuko) 

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

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
彼 処
か
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ko̞]

Pronoun

彼(か)処(こ) • (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 Reigen Eshi, “Jizō Bodhisattva Miracle Picture-scroll”)
      彼処(かこ)を退(そ)き去(さ)る也(なり)
      kako o sokisaru nari
      ...[he] left that place...

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
彼 処
かし
Grade: S
こ
Grade: 6
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
彼處 (kyūjitai)

Appears to be a compound of 彼 (ka, “that one over there”, distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎ し (shi, possibly the directional marker found in terms such as 昔 (mukashi, “ancient times”), 縦し (tatashi, “the standing or vertical direction”), 横し (yokoshi, “the sideways or horizontal direction”)) +‎ 処 (ko, “place”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

彼(かし)処(こ) • (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
See also

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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