FromOld Japanese. Appears to be a compound of彼(a,“that one over there”,distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎し(shi,possibly the directional marker found in terms such as昔(mukashi,“ancient times”),縦し(tatashi,“the standing or vertical direction”),横し(yokoshi,“the sideways or horizontal direction”)) +‎処(ko,“place”). May be the older form of modernasoko below.^[1]

• (Tokyo)あしこ[àshíkó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɕiko̞]

彼(あし)処(こ)• (ashiko) 

1. (obsolete)yon place, that placeyonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
   • c.1001-1014,Murasaki Shikibu,Genji Monogatari, (Wakana, part 1):

     彼(あし)処(こ)に籠(こも)りなむのち

     ashiko ni komorinamu nochi

     ...after hidingthere...

Appears to be a compound of彼(a,“that one over there”,distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎処(ko,“place”).^[1][2] First appears in the late 1500s, early 1600s,^[2] and used mostly in theKansai region.^[2][3] Given the historical tendency for innovation in the Kansai region, the term may instead derive as an abbreviation ofasoko above, by analogy with the-ko suffix inここ(koko,“here”) andそこ(soko,“there”,closer to the listener than to the speaker).

• (Tokyo)あこ[áꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ko̞]

彼(あ)処(こ)• (ako) 

1. (dialectal)yon place, that placeyonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there

Generally only used in theKansai region.

Either a shift in pronunciation fromasoko,^[2] or fromashiko.^[1]

• (Tokyo)あすこ[àsúkó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠sɨko̞]

彼(あす)処(こ)• (asuko) 

1. (rare, dialect, Hakata)yon place, that placeyonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there

Compound of彼(ka,“that one over there”,distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎処(ko,“place”).

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ko̞]

彼(か)処(こ)• (kako) 

1. (rare, obsolete)yon place, that placeyonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
   • 1483,地蔵菩薩霊験絵詞 (Jizō Bosatsu Reigen Eshi, “Jizō Bodhisattva Miracle Picture-scroll”)

     彼(か)処(こ)を退(そ)き去(さ)る也(なり)

     kako o sokisaru nari

     ...[he] leftthat place...

Appears to be a compound of彼(ka,“that one over there”,distal marker, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener) +‎し(shi,possibly the directional marker found in terms such as昔(mukashi,“ancient times”),縦し(tatashi,“the standing or vertical direction”),横し(yokoshi,“the sideways or horizontal direction”)) +‎処(ko,“place”).

• (Tokyo)かしこ[káꜜshìkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɕiko̞]

彼(かし)処(こ)• (kashiko) 

1. (rare)yon place, that placeyonder, that place over there, that area over there, that part over there
2. (rare) thataforementioned place

• “〈彼処〉”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

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