Vocabulary

What does そこ (soko) mean?

そこ means there, that place.

Quick facts
Readingそこ
Romajisoko
Part of speechpronoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
そこ
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsoko

there, that place

GenkiGenki 4
  1. 1pronoun there (place relatively near listener)
  2. 2pronoun there (place just mentioned); that place
  3. 3pronoun then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
  4. 4pronoun you

Example sentences

  • Please sit there.

  • My bag is over there.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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