Meaning and use of ところも


I am a bit puzzled by the use of ところ and its association with も in the
following sentence

> さっきの少年の態度や言動には、やや引っかかる **ところも** あるが、概ね間違ってはいないんじゃないかと結論づけていた。  
>  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 ところ and ところも do not give a satisfying
result so I tried for ところが (assuming that が and も 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 ?




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

> どんな人でも良い **ところ** もあれば、悪い **ところ** もある。

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

> 彼には少し臆病なところもある。

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

> やや引っかかる **ところ** もある。

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
「さっきの少年の態度や言動」。

As an aside, the translation you give for 引っかかる (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](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%BC%95%E3%81%A3%E6%8E%9B%E3%82%8B/),
as roughly: "having a sense that something's off".

Does this help you understand how ところ is being used?




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

> どんな人でも良い **ところ** もあれば、悪い **ところ** もある。

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

> 彼には少し臆病なところもある。

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

> やや引っかかる **ところ** もある。

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
「さっきの少年の態度や言動」。

As an aside, the translation you give for 引っかかる (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](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%BC%95%E3%81%A3%E6%8E%9B%E3%82%8B/),
as roughly: "having a sense that something's off".

Does this help you understand how ところ is being used?

