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ところ

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ところ
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

(A) About to do ~, on the verge of ~ (B) In the middle of doing ~, right now doing ~ (C) Have just finished ~, have just done ~

Conjugation

(A)Vる + ところ + だ/です: (B)Vている + ところ + だ/です

Examples

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しおりさんが発表はっぴょうするところだから、よく聞ききなさい。
これから映画えいがが始はじまるところだよ。早はやくコーラを買かおうよ。
今いま、晩ばんご飯はんを作つくっているところだから、あとで電話でんわするね。
今いま、メールを書かいているところなので、ちょっと待まってください。
昼ひるご飯はんを食たべたところなので、まだおなかがいっぱいです。
ちょうど出でかけようとしていたところに、玄関げんかんのベルが鳴なりました。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 昨日きのうこの本ほんを買かったところです。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 昨日きのうこの本ほんを買かったばかりです。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Vたところ means the action ended only moments ago. For something that happened a while back but still feels 'recent' (like yesterday), use Vたばかり.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 今いまご飯はんを食たべるところです。(meaning: I'm eating right now)
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 今いまご飯はんを食たべているところです。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Vるところ means 'about to do'. To say you are in the middle of an action, use Vているところ.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: さっき家いえに着ついているところです。(meaning: I just got home)
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: さっき家いえに着ついたところです。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 'Just finished' needs the past form Vた + ところ. Vている + ところ means the action is still in progress.

Key points

ところ (literally 'place/point') shows exactly which stage of an action the speaker is at: just before it (Vる), during it (Vている), or just after it (Vた). It is used for the immediate present or the moment being talked about, and often explains why one cannot do something else right now. Compared with Vたばかり, which is a subjective feeling that something happened 'recently' (it can cover days or months), Vたところ means the action ended only moments ago. The forms ところに and ところを (e.g. Vているところに) describe something that happens just at that moment.
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