その

Japanese

Alternative spelling	其の

⟨so₂ no₂⟩ → */sənə/ → /sono/

その (rōmaji sono)

(deictically) that ... near you (near the addressee)
私 (わたし)が読 (よ)みたい本 (ほん)は、その本 (ほん)です。
Watashi ga yomitai hon wa, sono hon desu.
What I want to read is that book.
(anaphorically) the ... we are talking about.
...of it; its

Sono is anaphorically used to refer to things and experiences that either the speaker or the listener knows about, but not both. Compare the two following sentences:
その本 (ほん)はやすいですか。
Sono hon wa yasui desu ka.
Is that book (which we are talking about) cheap? (anaphorically)
Is that book (I'm pointing to/near you/of yours) cheap? (deictically)

あの本 (ほん)はやすいですか。
Ano hon wa yasui desu ka.
Is the book (which we both know) cheap? (anaphorically)
Is that book (over there, which you and I can see) cheap? (deictically)
The hiragana spelling その is preferred to the kanji spelling 其の, which is rarely used.

	ko- “this” (close to speaker)	so- “that” (close to listener)	a- “that over there” (far from both)	do- “which” (indeterminate, question)
Object	これ (kore)	それ (sore)	あれ (are)	どれ (dore)
Object	これら (korera)	それら (sorera)	あれら (arera)	—
Determiner	この (kono)	その (sono)	あの (ano)	どの (dono)
Determiner	これらの (korera no)	それらの (sorera no)	あれらの (arera no)	—
Kind	こんな (konna)	そんな (sonna)	あんな (anna)	どんな (donna)
Place	ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あそこ (asoko)*	どこ (doko)
Direction	こちら (kochira)	そちら (sochira)	あちら (achira)	どちら (dochira)
Direction	こっち (kotchi)	そっち (sotchi)	あっち (atchi)	どっち (dotchi)
Human	こいつ (koitsu)	そいつ (soitsu)	あいつ (aitsu)	どいつ (doitsu)
Manner	こう (kō)	そう (sō)	ああ (ā)**	どう (dō)
* irregular ** regular (long vowel)

その (rōmaji sono)

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Readings of various kanji.

その (rōmaji sono)

その (rōmaji Sono)

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