出でどころ

noun

source; origin

Refers to where something comes from: a rumor, information, goods, water, etc. Often used in questions like 出どころは？

See also: 出所 (しゅっしょ)

• その情じょう報ほうの出でどころはどこですか。

  Where does that information come from?

• この川かわの出でどころは山やまの中なかだ。

  The source of this river is in the mountains.

noun

exit; way out

Physical exit or place where something comes out. Less common than 出口 (でぐち) for ordinary exits.

• 非ひ常じょう口ぐちはこの建たて物ものの出でどころの一ひとつです。

  The emergency exit is one of the ways out of this building.

noun

right moment to appear; time to go into action

Used for a performer's cue, a character's entrance, or the timing of an action. Often in phrases like 出どころを待つ or 出どころを間違える.

• 役やく者しゃは舞ぶ台たい袖そでで出でどころを待まっている。

  The actor is waiting in the wings for his cue to go on.

• 彼かれは出でどころを間ま違ちがえて早はやく出でてしまった。

  He mistimed his entrance and came out too early.