出所・出処|しゅっしょshussho[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
出所出所 is the most common and standard written form. Use it as your default spelling when writing this word.
出処出処 is a less common written form of the same word. You may encounter it, but 出所 is the preferred choice for beginners.
Definitions
  1. nounsource; origin; provenance
    良よい新聞しんぶん記者きしゃは、どんなニュース源げんからも、つまり、出所しゅっしょ不明ふめい型がたのニュース源げんからも、学まなびとれるものはなんでも利用りようする。↗
    A good newspaper reporter takes advantage of what he learns from any source, even the "little bird told him so" type of source.
  2. nounbirthplace
  3. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrelease from prison; discharge from prison
Conjugation
Dictionary form出所する(しゅっしょする)
Polite (masu)出所します(しゅっしょします)
Negative (nai)出所しない(しゅっしょしない)
polite (masen)出所しません(しゅっしょしません)
classical zu / nu出所せず・出所せぬ(しゅっしょせず・しゅっしょせぬ)
Past (ta)出所した(しゅっしょした)
polite (mashita)出所しました(しゅっしょしました)
Past negative (nakatta)出所しなかった(しゅっしょしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)出所しませんでした(しゅっしょしませんでした)
Te form出所して(しゅっしょして)
Potential出所できる(しゅっしょできる)
Passive出所される(しゅっしょされる)
Causative出所させる(しゅっしょさせる)
Causative passive出所させられる(しゅっしょさせられる)
Conditional (ba)出所すれば(しゅっしょすれば)
tara出所したら(しゅっしょしたら)
Volitional出所しよう(しゅっしょしよう)
polite (mashou)出所しましょう(しゅっしょしましょう)
Imperative出所しろ(しゅっしょしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym出典しゅってんWrittenA written/formal word for the source of a quotation or allusion, chiefly in books and documents; 「出所」 is broader, also covering news sources and release from prison.
  • Antonym入所にゅうしょNeutralRefers to entering a prison or other institution; it is the opposite of 「出所」 in its release-from-prison sense.

Use 「出所」 for the source of news or goods and for release from prison, as in 「出所不明」 and 「刑務所を出所」; for the source of a quotation or allusion, say 「出典」; the opposite of leaving prison is 「入所」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物事ものごとが出でてきたところ。でどころ。
  2. 出身地しゅっしんち。
  3. 受刑者じゅけいしゃが釈放しゃくほうされ、刑務所けいむしょ、拘置所こうちしょ、少年しょうねん刑務所けいむしょから出でること。
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