anywhere, somewhere / (used adverbially) anyhow, somehow, one way or another

Short for どころか (dokoro ka): anything but, far from, not at all

(archaic, obsolete) indefinite interrogative pronoun: where, whence, whither, which / (archaic, obsolete, after a particle) indefinite demonstrative pronoun: anywhere, everywhere, somewhere

a meaningless hayashikotoba (囃子詞) used in zundoko-bushi (ずんどこ節)

seedbed

bed, futon, berth, crib, or any other surface or bedding for sleeping

construction worker

Alternative form of 出所 (dedokoro) above

riverbed / same as 川床 (kawayuka)

The katakana syllable セ (se). Its equivalent in hiragana is せ (se). It is the fourteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is サ行エ段 (sa-gyō e-dan, “row sa, section e”).