所 just now in the act of doing; actuality, in fact; situation, the condition of, status; place or location; one's house or address ー,丿,听,戶,戸,斤,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

ショ
SHO

Kun-yomi

ところ　･　～ところ　･　どころ　･　とこ
to　ko　ro　･　～to　ko　ro　･　do　ko　ro　･　to　ko

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ー

× HTML entity: ー repeated, bobbing

　REPEATED BOBBING
　

丿

ヘツ,えい,よう straight up erect, quick jerking movement, stretched taut

　ERECT, FLING
　

听

キン,ポンド,わら to pass sentence; hear; understand; obey, comply

　ORIFICE, MOUTH and SUBTLY CRUEL OR MALICIOUS, SPITEFUL, PAWING AND SCRATCHING, HATCHET
…or: ORIFICE with PRICK-TEASING
　

戶

× buttocks crack; the doorway; one's family members

　REPEATED BUTTOCKS
　

戸

コ,と door, a doorway, household, buttocks crack, narrow entranceway, the way into

　HORIZONTAL MOTION, ROD with BUTTOCKS
…or: ARRAY of GENITALS
　

斤

キン,× subtly cruel or malicious, prick-teasing, spiteful; cat-like behavior, pawing and scratching; hatchet, hand axe, hand held in shape of a hatchet in motion; unit of weight (approximately 500-600 grams)

　REPEATED HEAD BOBBING UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY and STIFF ERECTION, QUICK MOVEMENT IN ANY DIRECTION and DOWN, ROD DOWN
　

Meanings of elements

REPEATED BOBBING, ARRAY of ERECTION and OBEY, COMPLY
…or: BUTTOCKS CRACK and SUBTLY CRUEL, SPLITTING OPEN
…or: DOORWAY and SPLITTING OPEN, CAT-LIKE
…or: BUTTOCKS CRACK, HOUSEHOLD with PRICK-TEASING

Formerly meaning an ACTUALITY, IN FACT, just now IN THE ACT OF doing in old Chinese, meanings that are apparent when used in Japanese as part of various grammatical conjunctions. Elements of「buttocks crack」「being pawed open, subtly cruel」or「buttocks crack splitting open」as in NOW IN THE ACT. It is imperative to always be certain to confirm the STATUS and CONDITION of any hatchet prior to use so that the axe head does not fly off as it is raised above your head, or fall and strike you blade-first in the ass.「Pawing open a buttocks crack」suggests it is imperative to always be certain to confirm its STATUS and CONDITION, a FACT OF LIFE back in dynastic China, and still today. Meanings as THAT PLACE, or as THAT LOCATION perhaps as euphemisms. MY HOUSE ADDRESS suggests the elements as「door pawed open」or where someone dwells and spends a lot of time…

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive
Japanese: counter for places, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, part, space, room, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, far from, anything but, not at all, let alone, to say nothing of, not to speak of, much less, even so, however, still, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite, by the way, incidentally, even if, no matter, thereupon, shortly thereafter, here and there, some parts, several places, crowded, overflowing, cramped, so far as, in places
Unihan extended: place, location; numerary adjunct
EDRDG: place

Used within names (nanori)
せ

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.