Grammar
N4 verb-grammar

Just did / about to do 〜ところ

Meaning

Expresses the TIMING of an action relative to now: (1) 〜るところ = "about to ~"; (2) 〜ているところ = "in the middle of ~ing"; (3) 〜たところ = "just finished ~ing".

Formation

Notes

Very natural for explaining what you're doing right now. 〜たところ emphasizes "just now, freshly" (more immediate than 〜たばかり, which is "recently/just").

Examples

I'm about to eat now. (about to)

Breakdown
now from meal (object) eat about to

I'm in the middle of doing homework right now.

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now homework (object) am doing in the middle of

I've just finished eating.

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now meal (object) ate just finished

Just as I was about to go out, the phone rang.

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go out about to at phone (subject) rang

I've just explained it.

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now explained just now