also: でどこ
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)
その情報の出どころはどこですか。
Where does that information come from?
The source of this river is in the mountains.
Physical exit or place where something comes out. Less common than 出口 (でぐち) for ordinary exits.
非常口はこの建物の出どころの一つです。
The emergency exit is one of the ways out of this building.
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.
役者は舞台袖で出どころを待っている。
The actor is waiting in the wings for his cue to go on.
彼は出どころを間違えて早く出てしまった。
He mistimed his entrance and came out too early.
出どころ is a casual, everyday word for where something (like a rumor or item) comes from, while 発生源 is a more technical term used for pollutants, diseases, or noise.
出所 usually refers to where information, rumors, or funds come from, while 源 is used more broadly for the origin of things, feelings, or rivers.
出所 specifically means the origin or source of something (like information or goods), while 出先 in this sense refers more broadly to where something was issued or dispatched from.
Clear, common spelling that avoids confusion with 出所 (しゅっしょ).
Also read しゅっしょ (release from prison, source). Use 出どころ to avoid ambiguity.
Alternate reading for 出所; rare and easily confused with しゅっしょ.
Uncommon variant; 出どころ is preferred.
Alternate reading for 出処; very rare.
Compound of 出 (で, 'coming out') + 所 (どころ, 'place'). The reading どころ is a rendaku form of ところ.