とこ

See also: どこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とこ – see the following entries.

【床】S [noun] a raised platform roughly 30cm tall used in dirt-floored rooms as a seat [noun] a raised area on which to sleep: a bed [noun] a sickbed [noun] the floor [noun] tatami mats [noun] the seat of an oxcart [noun] short for 床間 / 床の間 (toko no ma): an alcove with a raised floor along one wall of a traditional Japanese living room [noun] an alcove with a raised floor used as a study: see 付書院 (tsuke shoin) [noun] a box seat, such as at a parade, theater, or stadium [noun] short for 床店 (tokomise): a stall with a raised floor used as a store [noun] short for 床屋 (tokoya): a barbershop, from how such shops were historically often tokomise [noun] (nautical) short for 床船梁 (toko funabari), 舵床 (kajidoko): the large wooden beam at the very aft of a traditional wood-hulled Japanese ship, upon which the rudder is seated [noun] the heel of a plough; the part of the bottom of a plough that touches the ground and guides the ploughshare [noun] (horticulture) short for 苗床 (naedoko): a seedbed [noun] short for 鉄床, 金床 (kanatoko): an anvil

【所】3 [noun] (informal, spoken) alternative form of 所 (tokoro) Alternative spelling 処

【常】5 [prefix] eternal, forever, unchanging, everlasting

(This term, とこ (toko), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as とこ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とこ.