Meaning and use of ところも I am a bit puzzled by the use of and its association with in the following sentence > **** > The attitude and behavior of the boy had caught on with some of the passengers and they convinced themselves that the boy was right. The dictionary entries (wwwjdic) for and do not give a satisfying result so I tried for (assuming that and does not change too much the meaning) which gives: > even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite; However, it does not seem to work either Could you help me ?

, which literally just means "place", can be used to describe a quality or aspect of something. This is a metaphorical extension of 's literal meaning as a location in space/time.

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Everyone has both good **qualities** and bad **qualities**.

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He can be a bit of a chicken at times. (lit. He also has a slight cowardly **aspect** to him.)

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There exists, as well, **something** slightly off about (a given subject).

In the case of your example, this "given subject" in my last example refers to

As an aside, the translation you give for (catch on with, i.e. become popular with) is not quite how it is being used here. It is being used in the sense of #5 here, as roughly: "having a sense that something's off".

Does this help you understand how is being used?