どこ

どこ · doko · JLPT N5 · noun

where

🚪 Sounds like door-ko: which door? Where? The do- marks a question word.

Part of the ko-so-a-do set: koko (here), soko (there), asoko (over there), doko (where). The do- prefix always asks a question, as in dore (which one) and dou (how), while -ko means place.

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