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出所

Release From Prison


Meaning

Release From Prison, Source, Origin

Word Type

noun, verbal noun

Explanation

You exit a facility. It's your release from prison! 出所 commonly refers to leaving or being released from facilities ending in 所, particularly 刑務所 (prisons). It can also be a slightly formal word for source or origin, often used in discussions of copyright to specify the origin of cited information, images, or content.


Reading

しゅっしょ, でどころ

Explanation

The reading follows on'yomi protocols, but you just have to be careful of the shortened しゅつ which becomes しゅっ. Note: There is also the reading でどころ for the meanings origin and source. This version is generally used in spoken language, often to emphasize the significance or curiosity about where something came from.


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • お金の出所

    the source of money

    データの出所

    origin of the data

    音の出所

    source of the sound

  • 出所を知る

    to learn the source

    出所をたどる

    to trace back to the source

    出所をする

    to be released from prison

Context Sentences

主人の出所は明日の午前中です。

My husband is being released tomorrow morning.

大切なのは出所した後のことです。

What's important is what happens after one is released from prison.

この引用の出所は何ですか?

What is the source of this quote?


Kanji Composition