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Grammar detail: たところ

たところ
After doing X, the outcome was Y; Y occurred just as X came to an end
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ところ
means
After doing X, the outcome was Y; Y occurred just as X came to an end
There are two distinct meanings to this expression. It can be used to describe that after doing X, the outcome was Y.
This first example below, could be translated to "After checking the information, everything adds up."
この
じょうほう
情報
は
しら
調
べた
ところ
まちが
間違
いない
。
This information checks out all right.
配達されてきたものを確認したところ in the next example could be worded "After checking the delivered items, ..."
はいたつ
配達
されてきた
ものを
かくにん
確認
した
ところ、
ちゅうもん
注文
していない
Tシャツも
はい
入
ってました
。
As I checked your delivery that I received, I found it included a T-shirt which I did not order.
およ
泳
いで
みずうみ
湖
を
おうだん
横断
した
ところほとんど
まい
参
ってしまった
。
Swimming across the lake almost finished me.
The expression is often combined with てみる, to form てみたところ to express "After trying X, or doing and seeing X the outcome was Y".
レシピどおりに
つく
作
って
みたところ、
おい
美味
しく
できました。
After making it as per the recipe, it turned out nice.
ゲームに
さんか
参加
して
みたところ、とても
たの
楽
しかった
。
After joining the game to see what it was like, I had a lot of fun.
せんせい
先生
は
こわ
怖
そうに
み
見
えた
けれども、
はな
話
して
みたところ、とても
やさ
優
しい
ひと
人
だと
きづ
気付
いた
。
The teacher looked really scary, but after talking with her, I realized she is a very nice person.
The expression is also used to describe something that occurred just after the completion of another.
ちょうど
で
出
かけよ
うとしていたところ、
あめ
雨
が
ふ
降
り
だ
出
した
。
Just as I went to go out, it began to rain.
ちょうど
で
出
かけてみよ
うとしていたところに
げんかん
玄関
のベルが
な
鳴
った
。
I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.
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Kanji used in this grammar

配
ハイ   くばる to distribute   
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達
タツ    arrive   
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確
カク   たしか certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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認
ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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情
ジョウ   セイ   なさけ emotion; circumstances   
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報
ホウ    report   むくいる to compensate, remunerate   むくい reward, recompense   
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調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととのう to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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違
イ   different   ちがう to be different   ちがえる to change, alter, vary   
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注
チュウ   そそぐ to pour   
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文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
入
ニュウ   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in   
泳
エイ   およぐ swim   
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湖
コ   みずうみ lake   
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横
オウ   よこ side   
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断
ダン   ことわる to refuse, to decline   たつ to cut off   
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参
サン   まいる to visit, go, come   
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作
サク   サ   つくる to make   
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美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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味
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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加
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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楽
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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先
セン   さき ahead   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
怖
フ   こわい frightening   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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優
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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付
フ   つける to put in place, affix   つく to adhere to   
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出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
雨
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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降
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふる to fall (eg rain)   
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玄
ゲン    mystery, dark   
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関
カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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鳴
メイ   なく to chirp, to twitter   なる to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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