also: しょしょう
noun
birth parents; birthplace
Archaic term for one's biological parents or the place where one was born. Not used in modern everyday language; encountered mainly in historical or literary contexts.
古文書には、所生の地を遠く離れた者の記録が残る。
In old documents, there remain records of those who left their birthplace far behind.
noun
Archaic term for a child or something that has been brought into existence. In modern Japanese, 子 or 子供 is used for 'child', and 創造 or 作品 for 'creation'. This sense is rare and mostly found in classical texts.
その歌は、神の所生として語り継がれた。
That song was passed down as a creation of the gods.
Compound of 所 (place, that which) and 生 (life, birth). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical Chinese and was adopted into literary Japanese with the meanings 'that which is born' or 'the place of birth'.