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たところだHave just done

Use たところだ to place the viewpoint immediately after an action has finished. It normally means that the action was completed only moments ago.

Immediately after completion

The verb must be in its plain past form because the action has already crossed its endpoint. The whole expression then presents the current situation as the stage immediately after that completion.

いまひるはんわったところです

I have just finished lunch.

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いま makes the immediate timing especially clear.

A polite status report

A

りょうはもうおくってくれましたか。

Have you sent the materials yet?

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B

はい、たったいま、メールでおくったところです

Yes, I sent them by email just now.

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たったいま means “just now” and fits this pattern naturally.

A viewpoint in the past

The reference moment does not have to be the present. In a past narrative, use ところだった to say that the action had just finished at that past moment.

でんをもらったとき、わたしはちょうどえきいたところだった

When I got the call, I had just arrived at the station.

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Immediate completion versus subjective recency

たところだ stays close to the actual endpoint of the action—usually seconds or minutes later. By contrast, たばかりだ means that the event feels recent to the speaker, so the elapsed time can be much longer.

かいはたったいまわったところです

The meeting has just ended.

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The meeting ended only moments ago.

せんげつこのかいしゃはいったばかりです

I only joined this company last month.

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This is the neighboring subjective-recency pattern: a month can still feel recent.

Do not confuse status with a discovered result

This lesson uses たところだ as a report of immediate post-completion status. When たところ instead leads into another clause describing a result that was found after doing something, it belongs to a separate pattern.

More examples

いま宿しゅくだいえたところだ

I have just finished my homework.

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でんしゃはたったいまたところです

The train has just left.

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ちょうどいえかえったところです

I have just arrived home.

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しゃいましんさつえたところです

The doctor has just finished a consultation.

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わたしかいじょういたとき、うけつけはじまったところだった

When I arrived at the venue, registration had just begun.

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そのらせをいたとき、かれかいしゃたところだった

When he heard the news, he had just left the office.

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あかちゃんはいまねむったところです

The baby has just fallen asleep.

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たところだ (tatokoroda) – Have just done