それ

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Japanese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Short so (id) + pronoun suffix re.

Pronoun [edit]

それ (kanji 其れ, romaji sore)

  1. (deictically) that one near you (near the addressee)
  2. (anaphorically) the one we are talking about (one of the speaker and 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。

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Usage notes [edit]

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

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References [edit]

  • 1989, Masaharu Hasegawa; Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240024-7: