Pronunciation: sono
How to Say It Outloud: so-no
Usage: Often used to refer to something specific that both the speaker and listener understand.
Example Sentence Japanese:
その本はとても面白いです。
その本はとても面白いです。Example Sentence English:That book is very interesting.
That book is very interesting.Dictionary
川かわCommon wordjlpt-n3jlpt-n5
Noun- river; stream
- River; the ... river
- Gawa
- River
赤あかCommon wordjlpt-n5
NounNoun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- red; crimson; scarlet
- red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
- Red (i.e. communist)
- red light (traffic)
- red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
- complete; total; perfect; obvious
- copper
- red 5-point card
- Aka
- Red
雨あめCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- rain
- rainy day; rainy weather
- the November suit (in hanafuda)
- Rain
病気びょうきCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; sickness
- bad habit; bad behaviour; weakness; failing
- crazy; insane; disturbed; sick in the head
- Disease
上げるあげるCommon wordjlpt-n4jlpt-n2jlpt-n5
Ichidan verbTransitive verb
- to raise; to elevate
Transitive verb
- to do up (one's hair)
Transitive verb
- to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
Transitive verb
- to land (a boat)
Transitive verb
- to deep-fry
Transitive verb
- to show someone (into a room)
Transitive verb
- to give
Transitive verb
- to send someone (away)
Transitive verb
- to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
Transitive verb
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
Transitive verb
- to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
Transitive verb
- to earn (something desirable)
Transitive verb
- to praise
Transitive verb
- to give (an example, etc.); to cite
Transitive verb
- to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.)
Transitive verb
- to arrest
Transitive verb
- to nominate
Transitive verb
- to summon (for geishas, etc.)
Transitive verb
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
Transitive verb
- to bear (a child)
Transitive verb
- to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding)
Intransitive verb
- (of the tide) to come in
Intransitive verb
Transitive verb
- to vomit
Ichidan verb
- to do for (the sake of someone else)
Ichidan verb
- to complete ...
Ichidan verb
- to humbly do ...
- Deep frying
目めCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- eye; eyeball
- eyesight; sight; vision
- look; stare; gaze; glance
- notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
- an experience
- viewpoint
- discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
- (an) appearance
- chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
- spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
- grain (of wood, paper)
- eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
- intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
- dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
- graduation; division (of a scale)
- tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
- ordinal number suffix
- somewhat; -ish
- point (e.g. of change)
- Eye
道みちCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- road; path; street; lane; passage
- route; way
- distance; journey
- road (e.g. to victory); course
- way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
- teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
- field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
- means; way; method
- Diameter
木きCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- tree; shrub; bush
- wood; timber
- wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
- Tree
大学だいがくCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- university; college
- former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
- the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
- University
猫ねこCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)
- shamisen
- geisha
- wheelbarrow
- clay bed-warmer
- bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
- Cat
卵たまごCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- eggs; egg; spawn; roe
- (hen's) egg
- (an expert) in the making
- beginning; origin; infancy
- Egg (biology)
肉にくCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- flesh
- meat
- flesh (of a fruit); pulp
- the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh
- thickness
- content; substance; flesh
- ink pad
- Flesh
風呂ふろCommon wordjlpt-n3jlpt-n5
Noun- bath; bathing; bathtub; bathroom
- bathhouse; public bath
- room for drying lacquerware
- base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
- Bathtub
北きたCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- north
- the North; northern territories
- North Korea
- north wind
- North
映画館えいがかんCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
- Movie theater
飴あめCommon wordjlpt-n5
Noun- (hard) candy; toffee
- rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.
- amber; yellowish-brown
- Yeot
人形にんぎょうCommon wordjlpt-n4
Noun- doll; puppet; marionette
- puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
- Ningyou
- Doll
成るなるCommon wordjlpt-n3jlpt-n5
Godan verb with 'ru' endingIntransitive verb
- to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
Intransitive verb
- to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
Intransitive verb
- to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
Intransitive verb
- to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
Intransitive verb
- to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
Intransitive verb
- to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
Intransitive verb
- to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
Intransitive verb
- to play (the part of); to act as
Intransitive verb
- to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
Intransitive verb
- to be promoted
Godan verb with 'ru' ending
- to do ...
- Naru
程ほどCommon wordjlpt-n3
NounAdverb (fukushi)
- extent; degree; measure
- limit; bounds
- (span of) time
- (a) distance
- the state of; the status of; the condition of
- about; around; approximately; or so
- as much as ...; to the extent of ...; like ...
- the more ... the more ...
世界せかいCommon wordjlpt-n4
Noun- the world; society; the universe
- sphere; circle; world
- world-renowned; world-famous
- realm governed by one Buddha; space
- World
See also
Hi, I’m Aura Ruggeri and I want to make sure that no one makes the same mistake that I did.
So, if you’re planning a trip to Japan anytime soon, do exactly that - plan! Read up on all of the amazing things to do here to make the most of your time. I can bet that you’ll still return home feeling like you could’ve explored much more.
So, if you’re planning a trip to Japan anytime soon, do exactly that - plan! Read up on all of the amazing things to do here to make the most of your time. I can bet that you’ll still return home feeling like you could’ve explored much more.
Latest posts by Aura Ruggeri (see all)
Was this helpful?
Thanks for your feedback!