どこか

Japanese

Adverb

どこか (rōmaji dokoka)

何処か: anywhere, somewhere
彼 (かれ)は、どこかへ行 (い)ってしまった。
Kare wa, dokoka e itte shimatta.
He has left for somewhere.

私 (わたし)は、どこかで傘 (かさ)を置 (お)き忘 (わす)れた。
Watashi wa, dokoka de kasa o okiwasureta.
I lost my umbrella somewhere.
- 1994 April 30 [Aug 25 1991], Fujiko F. Fujio, のび太たのドラビアンナイト [Nobita’s Dorabian Nights] (大長編ドラえもん; 11), volume 11 (fiction, in Japanese), 5th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 20:
  この町 (まち)のどこかにピノッキオがいるんだ。
  Kono machi no dokoka ni Pinokkio ga irun da.
  Pinocchio must be somewhere in this town.

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.
This term always requires particles to specify the direction or the position (to:へ, に; at:で,に).

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