ありか

Japanese
Alternative spellings
在りか
在り処
在り所
在処
在所

Etymology

Compound of あり (ari, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb ある (to exist).) +‎ 処 (-ka, “place”, suffixing element that follows nouns or verbs conjugated into the continuative or stem form), literally “existing place, place of existing”.

First cited to the 古今和歌集 (Kokin Wakashū) of the early 900s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ありか • (arika) ←ありか (arika)?

  1. [from early 900s] place where someone or something is, location, whereabouts
    宝(たから)の在(あり)処(か)を探(さが)す
    takara no arika o sagasu
    to look for the whereabouts of treasure

Synonyms

References
  1. “在処・在所”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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