Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 所


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Meaning

place, scene, address, spot

Pronunciation

SHO
tokoro

Explanation

Left: door (sliding door with an upper guidance rail), right axe

Mnemonic

Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".

Radicals

door(The radical "todare" shows a sliding door mounted in an upper guide/rail.)
axe(Image of an axe, probably with the handle on the left.)
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Vocabulary

墓所 はかしょ graveyard
ところ place
住所 じゅうしょ address (e.g. of house), residence, domicile
台所 だいどころ kitchen
市役所 しやくしょ municipal office, council, city hall
事務所 じむしょ office
近所 きんじょ neighborhood
余所 よそ another place, somewhere else, strange parts
長所 ちょうしょ (1) strong point/merit/(2) advantage

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