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See also: とこが

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
何処か

Comprised of どこ (doko, “where”) +‎ か (ka, question particle and generalizer).^[1]^[2]

First cited to a text from 1832.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どこか [dóꜜkò kà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]
IPA^(key): [do̞ko̞ ka̠]

Noun

どこか • (doko ka)

anywhere, somewhere
彼(かれ)は、どこかへ行(い)ってしまった。 ― Kare wa, doko ka e itte shimatta. ― He has left for somewhere.

私(わたし)は、どこかで傘(かさ)を置(お)き忘(わす)れた。 ― Watashi wa, doko ka de kasa o okiwasureta. ― I lost my umbrella somewhere.
- 1994 April 30 [1991 August 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太(た)のドラビアンナイト [Nobita’s Dorabian Nights] (大長編ドラえもん; 11), 5th edition, volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 20:
  
  この町(まち)のどこかにピノッキオがいるんだ。
  Kono machi no doko ka ni Pinokkio ga iru n da.
  Pinocchio must be somewhere in this town.

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.
This term usually requires particles to specify the direction or the position, such as the English equivalents to “to”: へ (e), に (ni); and “at”: で (de), に (ni).

Derived terms

どっか (dokka)

Adverb

どこか • (doko ka)

anyhow, somehow, one way or another
Synonyms: どこやら (dokoyara), 何となく (nantonaku)

Etymology 2

First cited to a 滑稽本 (kokkeibon) text in the early 1800s.^[2]

Shift from どころか (dokoro ka) of the same meaning.^[2]

Particle

どこか • (doko ka)

Short for どころか (dokoro ka): anything but, far from, not at all

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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