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clause preceding tokoro:

賄賂を受け取ったところをカメラで撮った。
Wairo o uketotta tokoro o kamera de totta.
I took a photo of the moment when he received

the bribe.

ネットカフェへ入って行くところを見ました。

Netto kafe e haitte iku tokoro o mimashita.
I saw them enter the Internet café.

弁当を食べているところへ加藤さんが来ました。
Bentō o tabete iru tokoro e Katō-san ga kimashita.
Mr. Kato came just when I was eating my boxed

lunch.

There are occasional opportunities for ambiguity. Jidōsha o
tsukutte iru tokoro o mimashita could mean either ‘I saw them

making cars’ or ‘I saw the place where they make cars.’

CULTURE NOTE Bentō

Bentō is a single-serving meal in a box purchased at a
bentō shop or prepared at home. Some business people

eat lunch at a restaurant near their office, but others
bring bentō to their office daily. It saves them time and

money, and is healthier. There are many cute bentō
boxes sold in Japan.