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其処

そこ

there; that place (near the listener, or just mentioned)

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Examples

  1. 一時間以内に其処に着くでしょう。

    いちじかんいないにそこにつくでしょう。

    We'll get there within an hour.

  2. 其処に置いてください。

    そこにおいてください。

    Please put it down there.

  3. 駅前に本屋がありますね。其処で待ち合わせましょう。

    えきまえにほんやがありますね。そこでまちあわせましょう。

    There's a bookshop in front of the station, right? Let's meet there.

  4. 話は其処で終わらず、思わぬ方向へ広がっていった。

    はなしはそこでおわらず、おもわぬほうこうへひろがっていった。

    The story did not end there but spread in an unexpected direction.

Common patterns

其処で
there; at that point
其処から
from there
其処が問題だ
that's just the problem

Memory tip

Written そこ in kana in practice; 其処 is the classical spelling. Spatially it is the listener's side (ここ yours, あそこ away from both), but it is just as often abstract — 'that point in what was just said', as in 其処が難しい.

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