Kanji: 所

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	戸 Radical name: とだれ
Meaning:	Place
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	台所(だいどころ)	kitchen
N5	所(ところ)	place
N4	近所(きんじょ)	neighbourhood
N4	事務所(じむしょ)	office
N4	住所(じゅうしょ)	an address, a residence
N4	場所(ばしょ)	location
N3	停留所(ていりゅうじょ)	bus or tram stop
N2	個所(かしょ)	passage, place, point, part
N2	短所(たんしょ)	(1) defect, demerit, weak point, (2) disadvantage
N2	長所(ちょうしょ)	(1) strong point, merit, (2) advantage
N2	所々(ところどころ)	here and there, some parts (of something)
N2	便所(べんじょ)	toilet, lavatory, rest room, latrine, comfort station
N2	名所(めいしょ)	famous place
N2	役所(やくしょ)	government office, public office
N2	余所(よそ)	another place, somewhere else, strange parts
N1	箇所(かしょ)	passage, place, point, part
N1	所在(しょざい)	whereabouts
N1	所持(しょじ)	possession, owning
N1	所属(しょぞく)	attached to, belong to
N1	所定(しょてい)	fixed, prescribed
N1	所得(しょとく)	income, earnings
N1	所(ところ)が	however, while, even if
N1	所(ところ)で	by the way, even if, no matter what
N1	余所見(よそみ)	looking away, looking aside