How to say 'There' in Japanese | そこ

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The Japanese word for There is 'Soko', written as そこ in Japanese.

word

そこ

Meaning

There

Reading

Soko

Explanation

The Japanese pronoun 'そこ (soko)' means 'there'. It refers to a location that is near the listener but not near the speaker. It is commonly used to indicate a place that is relatively close to the person being spoken to. For example: Is the book there?「本はそこにありますか？」(ほんはそこにありますか？). Please put it there「そこに置いてください」(そこにおいてください). 'そこ' can also be used metaphorically to refer to a point in a conversation or situation, such as 'そこが問題です' (そこがもんだいです) meaning 'That is the problem.'

Part Of Speech

pronoun

Frequency

125

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word そこ

This word contains 2 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

そ

Reading

hiragana

こ

Reading

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