ここ

ここ · koko · JLPT N5 · noun

here

📍 ko = this (as in kore, kono) + ko = place: this-place = here

Part of the ko-so-a-do set: koko (here), soko (there), asoko (over there), doko (where). The first ko marks things near the speaker, just like kore (this one) and kono (this). The second ko is an old word for place.

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