台所|だいどころdaidokoro[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounkitchen
   メアリーは階段かいだんをおりて台所だいどころへ行いった。↗

   Mary went down to the kitchen.
2. nounfinancial situation; finances

• Synonym厨房ちゅうぼうWrittenWritten-style word for a restaurant or hotel kitchen, common in business use; in internet slang it also means a troll. Not the usual word for a home kitchen.
• SynonymキッチンNeutralLoanword for a modern, Western-style kitchen, common in real-estate and home-renovation contexts, as in 「システムキッチン」. Neutral in register.
• Synonym厨くりやWrittenLiterary, old-fashioned word for a kitchen, found in classical texts and writing with an archaic flavor; in everyday speech say 「台所」.
• Synonym調理場ちょうりばWrittenWritten-style word for a professional cooking facility, as in restaurants or schools; the nuance is business use, not a home kitchen.
• Synonym炊事場すいじばWrittenWritten-style word for a place where meals are cooked, used mainly for shared facilities such as campsites or dormitories.
• Related勝手かってCasualOld-fashioned colloquial word for a kitchen, as in 「お勝手」; nowadays it mostly means convenience or selfishness, so it rarely replaces 「台所」.
• Related勝手元かってもとCasualColloquial and old-fashioned: the kitchen and its surroundings, or by extension the household's financial situation.
• Related板場いたばCasualColloquial term for the kitchen of a Japanese restaurant; it can also refer to the chef himself, as in 「板場さん」.

「台所」 is the default for home kitchens; 「キッチン」 for modern Western-style ones, as in property or renovation talk. Restaurant and hotel kitchens take 「厨房」 or 「調理場」, Japanese restaurants 「板場」, communal facilities 「炊事場」. 「厨」 is literary; 「勝手」/「勝手元」 dated.

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1. 主おもに一般いっぱん住宅じゅうたくにおいて調理ちょうりを行おこなう場所ばしょ。流し台ながしだい、焜炉こんろ、換気扇かんきせん、作業さぎょう台だい、収納しゅうのう庫こなどと作業さぎょう空間くうかんから構成こうせいされる。
2. 金銭きんせん上じょうのやりくり。家計かけい。
3. （一般いっぱんに敬称けいしょう「御ご」をつけ）武家ぶけの主人しゅじんの正妻せいさい。