English–Japanese
“whereabouts” in Japanese
How to say “whereabouts” in Japanese
“Whereabouts” in Japanese is 所在 (shozai).
The word focuses on the state of a person or thing being in a particular place, often when that place needs to be identified.
Example sentences with 所在
書類の所在が分からず、担当者に聞きました。sho rui no sho zai ga wa ka ra zu tan tō sha ni ki ki ma shi ta
I did not know where the documents were, so I asked the person in charge.
Tips for using 所在
- In reports and official notices, 所在不明 (shozai fumei) indicates that a person's or object's location is unknown, giving the term a more formal tone than 場所 (basho, "place").
Other Japanese words for “whereabouts”
彼の行方はまだわかりません。kare no yukue wa ma da wa ka ri ma se n
His whereabouts are still unknown.