それ

Japanese

Etymology

Short (so) + pronoun suffix (re).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

それ (rōmaji sore)

  1. 其れ: (deictically) that one near you (near the addressee)
  2. 其れ: (anaphorically) the one we are talking about (either the speaker or the addressee knows)
    • c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 3)
      それの年の十二月の二十日あまり一日の日の戌の刻に、門出す。
    • c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 13)
      船に乗りはじめし日より、船には紅濃くよき衣着ず。それは「海の神に怖ぢて」といひて、何の蘆蔭にことづけて、老海鼠つまの貽鮨、鮨鮑をぞ、心にもあらぬ脛に上て見せける。
    • c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 18)
      この間に、使はれむ、とて付きて来る童あり。それが歌ふ船唄、「なほこそ国の方は見やらるれ、わが父母ありとし思へば。帰らや。」と歌ふぞあはれなる。
  3. 其れ: that of (used only in writing)
     (とう) (きょう) (じん) (こう)はニューヨークのそれより (おお)い。
    Tōkyō no jinkō wa Nyūyōku no sore yori ōi.
    The population of Tokyo is larger than that of New York.

Usage notes

  • The hiragana spelling (それ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (其れ), which is rarely used.

See also

See also

Interjection

それ (rōmaji sore)

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References

  • Hasegawa, Masaharu; Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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