点【てん】

点 is a noun meaning "point" or "respect". It picks out one aspect of something you are judging or comparing, and takes whatever particle the sentence needs: 点で "in that", 点では "in terms of", 点が, 点から. A noun joins it with の, a verb or い-adjective in the plain form goes straight before it, and a な-adjective takes な.

点で and という点で

点で gives the respect in which something holds: "in that ~". Before a whole clause, という点で is the usual form.

その点 and この点

With a demonstrative, 点 points back to something already said: "on that point".

点 or ところ

In conversation the "aspect" of something is often ところ: つかいやすい使いやすいところがすき好き. 点 is the word for writing, meetings and comparisons, and it is the one that makes "in terms of" after a noun: 給料の点では, or きゅうりょう給料のめん面では.

Usage notes

These go beyond singling out an aspect.

点から

点から, usually with みる見ると or かんがえる考えると, gives the standpoint you judge from.

Points and marks

After a number, 点 is a score or a mark.