拠点|きょてんkyoten[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbase (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold; (strategic) position
   リストラされた彼かれは心機一転しんきいってん、自宅じたくを拠点きょてんにＳＯＨＯビジネスを始はじめた。↗

   After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.

• Synonym基地きちNeutralNeutral term for military or expedition bases, as in 「空軍基地」「南極基地」; 「拠点」 is broader and covers business sites as well.
• Synonym本拠ほんきょWrittenWritten/formal word for a headquarters or main stronghold; 「拠点」 can refer to one of several bases an organization keeps.
• Synonym根拠地こんきょちNeutralA base of operations for military campaigns; 「拠点」 is broader and also covers business sites.
• Synonym根城ねじろNeutralA lair or den with an underworld, gangster flavor; 「拠点」 is more neutral in tone.
• Synonym本拠地ほんきょちNeutralA team's home ground or an organization's headquarters; 「拠点」 can be one of several bases.
• RelatedベースNeutralA loanword meaning base or basis; 「拠点」 focuses on a base for activities.
• Related地盤じばんNeutralGround or foundation, and by extension a constituency or power base; 「拠点」 focuses on a base for activities.

Use 「拠点」 for a base of activity, business, or operations, as in 「営業拠点」. For military bases choose 「基地」; for a headquarters or home base 「本拠」/「本拠地」; for a lair 「根城」; for a constituency or power base 「地盤」.

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1. 色々いろいろな活動かつどうの足場あしばとなる重要じゅうような地点ちてん。