出所

出(で)所(どころ) • (dedokoro) 

1. source, origin

   麻(ま)薬(やく)の出(で)所(どころ)を探(さぐ)れ。

   Mayaku no dedokoro o sagure.

   Search for the source of the drugs.

2. scene or place to appear

   Synonym: 出番 (deban)

   この勝(しょう)負(ぶ)、出(で)所(どころ)を見(み)誤(あやま)る訳(わけ)にはいかない。

   Kono shōbu, dedokoro o miayamaru wake ni wa ikanai.

   In this match, we can't afford to mistake the time to take the offensive.

3. way out

   Synonym: 出口 (deguchi)

   高(こう)速(そく)の出(で)所(どころ)を間(ま)違(ちが)えて遠(とお)回(まわ)りする羽(は)目(め)になってしまった。

   Kōsoku no dedokoro o machigaete tōmawari suru hame ni natte shimatta.

   I ended up taking a roundabout way by mistaking the expressway exit.

出(しゅっ)所(しょ) • (shussho) 

1. source, origin
2. release from prison, leave jail
3. go to work to where named to be suffixed by 所(しょ) (sho), like 事(じ)務(む)所(しょ) (jimusho, “office”), 研(けん)究(きゅう)所(じょ) (kenkyūjo, “laboratory”) etc.

出(で)所(どこ) • (dedoko) 

1. alternative form of 出所 (dedokoro) above

出(でん)所(ど) • (dendo) 

1. (obsolete) place crowded with people, public place
2. (obsolete) law court

• 出(で)る所(ところ)へ出(で)る (deru tokoro e deru, “to bring a lawsuit”)