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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

所しょ在ざい

shozai

whereabouts, location

Example sentences

  1. その書類しょるいは何年なんねんも所在しょざいが分わからなくなっていたが、不思議ふしぎにも先日出せんじつでてきた。

    Missing for years, the document miraculously came to light the other day.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. だが、その所在しょざいは確認かくにんされていない。

    However, its whereabouts has not been confirmed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. いずれの山頂さんちょうも高浜町たかはまちょうに所在しょざいする。

    Both of the peaks are located in Takahama-cho.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 所在

  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ
  • 在exist; outskirtsOnザイKunある

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