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Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
其の

⟨so₂ no₂⟩ → */sənə/ → /sono/

From Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#その Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#そのそ, distal demonstrative root, with の (no)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その added to form the ordinary adnominal form 'that', as in 'that word', as opposed to the pronoun それ (sore)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) その [sònó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞no̞]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#その

Category:Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)#その Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#その

Adnominal

その • (sonoCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#その Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その) Category:Japanese lemmas#その Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#その Category:Japanese adnominals#その Category:Japanese hiragana#その Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#その Category:Pages with entries#その Category:Pages with 1 entry#その

(deictically) that ... near you (near the addressee)
私(わたし)が読(よ)みたいのは、その本(ほん)です。
Watashi ga yomitai no wa, sono hon desu.
What I want to read is that book.
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その
(anaphorically) the ... we are talking about.
...of it; its; their
そのお姉(ねえ)さん
sono onēsan
her elder sister
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その
used in a title and before a number to indicate that number of part, chapter, volume, episode, or installment; compare suffixes 編 (-hen), 話 (-wa), 巻 (-kan), 集 (-shū), 章 (-shō), 上 (jō), 中 (chū) and 下 (ge)
日(に)本(ほん)映(えい)画(が)論(ろん)その三(さん)
Nihon Eigaron Sono San
Japanese Films: Part 3
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#その

Usage notes

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)
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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)
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The hiragana spelling その is preferred to the kanji spelling 其の, which is rarely used.

Derived terms

その足(あし)で (sono ashide)
その時(とき)はその時(とき) (sono toki wa sono toki)
その日(ひ)その日(ひ) (sono hi sono hi)
その日暮(ひぐ)らし (sono higurashi)

Japanese Table of Correlatives
		Demonstrative			Interrogative
		Proximal	Medial	Distal	Interrogative
		此(こ) (ko) “this” (close to speaker)	其(そ) (so) “that” (close to listener)	彼(あ) (a) “that over there” (far from both)	何(ど) (do) “which” (indeterminate, question)
Object	Regular れ (re)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	これ (kore)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	それ (sore)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あれ (are)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どれ (dore)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Object	Plural れ等(ら) (re ra)	これら (korera)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	それら (sorera)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あれら (arera)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	—
Determiner	の (no)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	この (kono)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	その (sono)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あの (ano)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どの (dono)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Kind	様(んな) (nna)	こんな (konna)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そんな (sonna)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あんな (anna)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どんな (donna)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Location	処(こ) (ko)	ここ (koko)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そこ (soko)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あそこ (asoko)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その*	どこ (doko)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Source	っから (kkara)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	こっから (kokkara)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そっから (sokkara)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	—	どっから (dokkara)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Direction / Human	方(ちら) (chira)	こちら (kochira)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そちら (sochira)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あちら (achira)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どちら (dochira)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Direction / Human	方(なた) (nata)	こなた (konata)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そなた (sonata)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あなた (anata)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どなた (donata)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Human (derogatory)	奴(いつ) (itsu)	こいつ (koitsu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	そいつ (soitsu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あいつ (aitsu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どいつ (doitsu)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
Manner	ー (Chōonpu)	斯(こ)う (kō)	然(そ)う (sō)	如彼(ああ) (ā)Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#その	如何(どう) (dō)
Degree	れ位(くらい) (re kurai)	これくらい (kore kurai)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	それくらい (sore kurai)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あれくらい (are kurai)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どれくらい (dore kurai)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
	れ丈(だけ) (re dake)	これだけ (kore dake)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	それだけ (sore dake)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あれだけ (are dake)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どれだけ (dore dake)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その
	れ程(ほど) (re hodo)	これほど (kore hodo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	それほど (sore hodo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	あれほど (are hodo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その	どれほど (dore hodo)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#その