Illustration: Across a small Japanese living room, a seated resident points clearly toward an empty patch of floor beside a visiting friend. The friend stands at the far end of the low table, holding a bulky shopping bag and looking down at the indicated spot next to their own feet.

JLPT N5pronounLevel estimated by Bebop

そこ

soko

there

Refers to a place near the listener. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. そこにいて。

    Stay there.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そこ暖あたたかい？

    Is it warm there?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そこにいたの？

    Were you there?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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