- dokoro the place for, the time for, the level of
Used in casual or semi-formal speech to downplay something, often with negative or ironic nuance, meaning 'far from' or 'not the time/place for'.
今は遊んでるどころじゃない。
Ima wa asonderu dokoro ja nai.
Now is not the time for playing.
彼は怒るどころか、笑っていた。
Kare wa okoru dokoro ka, waratte ita.
Far from being angry, he was laughing.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'tokoro' (place/time), but 'dokoro' adds a sense of 'not even close to' or 'far from'.
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