Illustration: In a quiet Japanese living room, a person kneels beside a low table where a cat sleeps with one paw hanging over the edge. The person lowers a teacup and saucer onto a folded cloth using both hands, fingertips still supporting the saucer just before contact.

そっと

sotto

gently, quietly

Example sentences

トムはそっとドアを開あけました。
Tom opened the door quietly.
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彼女かのじょはそっとその扉とびらを開あけました。
She opened the door quietly.
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彼かれは彼女かのじょにそっとキスし始はじめました。
He began to kiss her gently.
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