Meanings

1. particle, conjunctionalthough (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition); even though normally

Examples

• 彼は四年刑期のところを二年で釈放された。

  He was let out after serving just two years of his four-year prison sentence.

• お忙しいところをご来社いただきありがとうございました。

  Thank you for taking the time out to pay a visit to our company.

• 遠いところを、わざわざおいでくださってありがとうございます。

  Thank you very much for coming all the way to see me.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).