その

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 See also 1.1.2 Usage notes 1.1.3 Related terms 1.2 Noun 1.3 Kanji reading 1.3.1 Kun-reading of:

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Prefix

その (kanji 其の, romaji sono)

1. that (demonstrative, near the speaker)

   私が読みたい本は、その本です。

   わたしがよみたいほんは、そのほんです。

   Watashi ga yomitai hon wa, sono hon desu.

   What I want to read is that book.

[edit] See also

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Related terms

• この (kono): (demonstrative) this
• あの (ano): (demonstrative) that (near the listener)
• どの (dono): (demonstrative) which
• そこ (soko): there
• それ (sore): it, that
• そちら (sochira): (polite) there; that direction

[edit] Noun

その (romaji sono)

1. 園: garden; park; plantation
2. 苑: garden

[edit] Kanji reading

その (romaji sono)

[edit] Kun-reading of:

• 你
• 伱
• 儞
• 尓
• 苑
• 您
• 園
• 爾
• 薗
• 丌
• 其
• 厥
• 囿
• 尔
• 菀
• 該