所在|しょざいshozai[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblocation (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
    その書類しょるいは何なん年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せんじつ出でてきた。↗
    Missing for years, the document miraculously came to light the other day.
Conjugation
Dictionary form所在する(しょざいする)
Polite (masu)所在します(しょざいします)
Negative (nai)所在しない(しょざいしない)
polite (masen)所在しません(しょざいしません)
classical zu / nu所在せず・所在せぬ(しょざいせず・しょざいせぬ)
Past (ta)所在した(しょざいした)
polite (mashita)所在しました(しょざいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)所在しなかった(しょざいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)所在しませんでした(しょざいしませんでした)
Te form所在して(しょざいして)
Potential所在できる(しょざいできる)
Passive所在される(しょざいされる)
Causative所在させる(しょざいさせる)
Causative passive所在させられる(しょざいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)所在すれば(しょざいすれば)
tara所在したら(しょざいしたら)
Volitional所在しよう(しょざいしよう)
polite (mashou)所在しましょう(しょざいしましょう)
Imperative所在しろ(しょざいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym居場所いばしょNeutralWhere a person is or stays; also a place where one belongs or feels at ease, as in 「居場所がない」.
  • Synonym居所いどころNeutralA person's residence or whereabouts, as in 「居所が分からない」.
  • Synonym場所ばしょNeutralThe everyday word for a place or spot; the broadest in range and the most common in daily use.
  • Synonym位置いちNeutralA position or location; also one's standing or status, as in 「位置につく」.
  • SynonymありかNeutralWhere a thing is, especially a hiding place, as in 「宝の在り処」; it stresses the hidden spot, and 「所在」 is the more formal choice.
  • Synonym在所ざいしょNeutralWhere someone or something is; also one's home village in the countryside. It has an old-fashioned ring.

Use 「所在」 in formal expressions for location or where responsibility lies, as in 「所在地」 and 「責任の所在」. For a hidden thing pick 「在り処」, for where a person is 「居場所」, for places in general 「場所」, and for position 「位置」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 人ひとやものが、ある場所ばしょにあること。
  2. 抽象的ちゅうしょうてきな概念がいねんが、ある主体しゅたいに属ぞくしていること。
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