それ
それ
hepburn sore
that (near listener)
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- それは何ですか。What is that (near you)?
- それでいいです。That's fine / that will do.
Collocations
それは (sore wa, that-topic)それで (sore de, then / with that)それから (sore kara, then / next)それなら (sore nara, in that case)それも (sore mo, that too)
Mnemonic
それ sore — そ-branch of kosoado. Refers to something near the listener OR something the listener just mentioned (discourse "that"). English "that" lacks the speaker-vs-listener locus that Japanese makes explicit. それで = "and then", それから = "after that" — common discourse connectors.
Quick check
Pointing at a book the listener is holding — which word?