Illustration: In the shared courtyard of a Japanese apartment building, a child asks an adult where a missing ball has gone through an open-handed questioning gesture. The adult sweeps one hand toward the general area around a bench, several plant pots, and a parked bicycle a few steps away.

そこらへん

sokorahen

that area, that point

Colloquial; it can also mean 'in that respect'. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

そこらへんは、男子だんしと女子じょしとでは違ちがうんだってば。
Obviously that’s different for men and women.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
そこらへんはマネしなくていいのに。
You don’t have to copy that part.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source
鍵かぎ、そこらへんに置おいてなかった？
Didn’t you leave your keys around there?
Written by AI for Bebop

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