Grammar Info
N5 Lesson 7: 3/13

どこ
Where

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Part of Speech Noun
Word Type Pronoun
Register Standard
品詞 名詞
単語の種類 代名詞
使用域 一般
Information
どこ is one of the forms of the どれ family of words used to enquire about unknown things. In this case it asks about a place. Just like どれ represents ‘which’, どこ represents ‘which place’, or simply ‘where’.
  • 明日(あした)どこ行(い)
    Where do you want to go tomorrow?
  • 牛乳(ぎゅうにゅう)どこります
    Where is the milk located?
Caution
どこ should not be confused with どっち, a similar word which is also sometimes translated as ‘where’. どっち focuses more on the direction that one is/is going, where どこ focuses purely on ‘which place’.
  • どっち?右(みぎ)?左(ひだり)?
    Which way? Right? Left? (Focuses on the direction of movement)
  • ここどこです
    Where is this place? (Focuses on the location)
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どこ行(い)きます
Where are you going?
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すみませんこの本(ほん)どこあります
Excuse me, but where can I find this book?
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ここどこ
Where is here?
[Roughly translates to 'What is this place?']
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Books
Genki I
Page 197
みんなの日本語 I
Page 26 [CH 3]
[DBJG] A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
Page 13
Genki I 2nd Edition
64