What's the exact meaning of ～するところ?


Here are an example sentence and its translation taken from [an online
English-Japanese
dictionary](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3%E3%81%99%E3%82%8B).

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    問題の意味するところ
    the meaning of a question
    
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I'm wondering why the example sentence attach するところ and doesn't simply say
問題の意味.

Although there is a grammar that `[verb] + ところ` means `is about to [verb]`,
that grammar can't seem to be applied at here.




ところ has many meanings. This ところ means "thing, content".
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/158611/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D/>

So 問題の意味するところ is same as 問題の意味すること. Of course, 問題の意味 make sense but if
問題の意味する, the word like こと or ところ is needed because 問題の意味する is a modification
phrase so a modified word is needed like that.

It is probably "what a question means" in English.




ところ has many meanings. This ところ means "thing, content".
<http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/158611/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%A8%E3%81%93%E3%82%8D/>

So 問題の意味するところ is same as 問題の意味すること. Of course, 問題の意味 make sense but if
問題の意味する, the word like こと or ところ is needed because 問題の意味する is a modification
phrase so a modified word is needed like that.

It is probably "what a question means" in English.

