ここ

here

koko

Quiz

JLPT: N5
Frequency: #191

Meanings

1
here; this placepronoun
2
this point; here; nowpronoun
3
these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...pronoun

JMdict 1288810

In a sentence

How it works

Two words, a whole question. ここ (here) is the topic, どこ (where) asks for the answer, and the rising tone does the questioning — no か (question) needed. Literally “here (is) where?” = “where are we?”