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ところ
At time/situation A
いadj/Nの/Vた/Vている/Vていた+ところ/ところ+に/へ/を/だ*
お忙しいところ(を)すみません。
=今忙しいのに
会いたいと思ていたところです。
=今ちょうど思っていました
- *に is used to show that something happens during/at that situation.
- へ, which typically shows direction, can show something going/coming to that situation.
- を treats the phrase as a noun that can be acted on
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たところ
When A, B
Vた+ところ
- 病院で検査したところ、異常はなかった。
- When I was examined at the hospital, there were no signs of any problems.
- =検査してみたら
- けんさ
- 駅に問い合わせたところ、忘れ物は届いていた
- When I asked the station, the thing that I had forgotten had been turned in.
- =問い合わせてみたら
- といあわせ
- とどいていた
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どころではない
Because of A I can't do B
- 工場で火事があり、仕事どころではなかった。
- Because of the fire at the factory, I had to put my work aside
- =仕事をする状態ではなかった
- こうじょう
- じょうたい
- 風邪はひどくて、遊びにいくどころじゃない。
- My cold is so bad, that I cant think about going out.
- =遊びに行く、状態じゃない
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どころか
- To say nothing of A, far from A, much less A, let alone A
- This is often used to show the extremity of a situation; while the listening might think of A, it's actually far worse.
- 「夏休みは取れそう?」
- 「忙しくて夏休みどころか日曜日も休めないよ。」
- 「そう。うちの会社は忙しいどころか仕事がなくて困っているんだ。」
- "Do you think you can take some days off for a summer break?"
- "I'm so busy. I can't take sundays off, let alone take a summer break."
- "Really? In my case, it's the opposite. My company doesn't have enough work."
- =忙しいなんてとんでもない
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