居場所|いばしょibasho[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwhereabouts; place; location
   どうして私が彼かれの居場所いばしょを知しっていようか。↗

   How should I know where he is?
2. nounplace where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

• Synonym所在しょざいWrittenWritten/formal prose: where a person or thing is, or where an abstract thing belongs, as in 「責任の所在」; 「居場所」 also carries a sense of emotional belonging.
• Synonym居所いどころWrittenLeans written/formal: one's residence or whereabouts, as in 「居所が知れない」; 「居場所」 can also mean a place where you can stay at ease.
• Synonym在所ざいしょNeutralMeans the countryside or one's home village, and also one's location; 「居場所」 focuses on where a person is or where they feel they belong.
• RelatedありかNeutralWhere a thing is located, often a hiding place, as in 「宝の在り処」; 「居場所」 speaks of where a person is or their sense of belonging.

Use 「居場所」 for where a person is or where they feel they belong, as in 「居場所がない」「居場所を突き止める」. Use 「所在」 for the location of organizations or things, 「在り処」 for where things, often hidden ones, are.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 居いる所ところ。席せき。
2. 安心あんしんして過すごせる場所ばしょ。また、自分じぶんの能力のうりょくを発揮はっきできる分野ぶんや。
3. 存在そんざいの余地よち、可能性かのうせい。