N4 grammar

〜たところ

tatokoro

Just this second

Formation

たところ pins an action to the moment it finished, and it means it literally. The dictionary form in the same slot points the other way, at something about to start. It is a position on a timeline more than a tense.

Examples

〜たところ is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. Go out of the terminal and turn right.

  2. My father has just come home.

  3. I've been to the mall.

  4. I've just finished packing.

  5. I have turned 20.

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.