Illustration: In a Japanese family living room, a parent looks around for a small child while an older sibling quietly points beneath a low table. The younger child is tucked there behind a hanging tablecloth, absorbed in eating a rice cracker, with socked feet and part of the face plainly visible to the viewer.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

居い場ば所しょ

ibasho

whereabouts

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの居場所いばしょが分わかっていればなあ。

    I wish I knew where he was!

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  2. トムは私わたしの居場所いばしょを知しっていたんだ。

    Tom knew where I was.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムは妻つまの居場所いばしょが分わからないことを認みとめた。

    Tom admitted he had no idea where his wife was.

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Kanji in 居場所

  • 居reside; existOnキョ・コKunいる・おる
  • 場location; placeOnジョウ・チョウKunば
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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