JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
ところを
At the moment when (often caught in the act); although (polite apology for interruption).
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とこを colloquial
1 Grammar Point / Conjunction
Just as...
Describes a specific scene or moment that is witnessed, discovered, or acted upon by someone else.
Example
犯人 が 逃げる ところ を 、 警察 が 捕まえ た 。
The police caught the criminal just as he was trying to escape.
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2 Grammar Point / Conjunction
Even though...
Acknowledges an inconvenient state or situation on the listener’s part to soften a subsequent apology, request, or expression of gratitude.
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