処

Meaning

処 centers on taking action toward a situation: disposing of something, managing or dealing with a matter, and by extension, the place where such action occurs. The sense of sentencing or condemning is a specific application of dealing with someone's fate.

• 何処どこ
  N5

  where; what place

• 処理しょり
  N2

  processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

• 処分しょぶん
  N2

  disposal; throwing away; selling off

• 対処たいしょ
  N1

  dealing with; coping with

• 処刑しょけい
  N1

  execution

• 処女しょじょ
  N1

  virgin (usu. female); maiden

• 処置しょち
  N1

  measure; step; dealing with

• 処どころ

  restaurant; specialist

• 処方しょほう
  N1

  prescription (of medicine); formula

• 処罰しょばつ
  N1

  punishment; penalty

• 処方箋しょほうせん
  N1

  prescription

• 情報処理じょうほうしょり

  data processing; information processing

• 処遇しょぐう

  treatment (of a person); dealing with

• 目処めど
  N1

  aim; goal

• 処すしょす

  to manage; to deal with; to cope with

• 住処すみか

  dwelling; house; home; residence; abode; habitat

• 何処となくどことなく

  somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely

• 処するしょする

  to manage; to deal with; to cope with

• 仮処分かりしょぶん

  provisional disposition; temporary injunction

• 何処らどこら

  where; whereabouts

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