While textbooks usually omit this, it is
worth noting that asoko
(lit. "that place over
there") is also an euphemism
the female genitalia
and is, in fact, is the word that women would most often use. (Men, unsurprisingly enough, have their own words
students of Japanese who still have problems with particle
this occasionally results in hilarious mistakes, such as
Asoko de tabeta.
I ate at that place. (pointing to a restaurant)
Asoko wo tabeta.
I ate some... well, you figure it out...
The same women who use asoko
to refer to their
will probably also use are
, "that thing",
to refer to the penis