そこ

Also written 其処, 其所

Meanings

1. Pronoun there (place relatively near listener) See also: どこ. See also: ここ. See also: あそこ.
2. there (place just mentioned); that place
3. then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
4. you

Example sentences

• その後私はそこを出るんだけど、鞄を忘れてきたことに気付くんだ。
  After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.
• そこに問題がある。
  Therein lies the problem.
• そこで私たちを待っている幸福が、私たちが望むような幸福ではないかもしれない。
  It may be that the happiness awaiting us is not at all the sort of happiness we would want.
• 私たちがそこへ行くかどうかを決めるのは君の責任だ。
  It is up to you to decide whether we will go there or not.
• そこに一日中ただ立っているつもりかい？
  Are you just going to stand there all day?

Common phrases

• そこから先 (そこからさき) from there on
• ちょっとそこまで nowhere in particular

Words containing そこ

• そこら around there
• そこつ careless
• そこいら around there

And 10 more.

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