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JLPT N5 · Pronoun

それ (sore)

それ is a Japanese pronoun meaning “that; it”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
それ
Romaji
sore
Word class
Pronoun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. that; it · pronoun · usually written in kana · indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind
  2. then; that point (in time); that time · pronoun · usually written in kana
  3. there · pronoun · archaic · indicating a place near the listener
  4. you · pronoun · archaic

Example sentences

万一それが起これば、君はどうしますか。
Should that happen, what will you do?
Tatoeba #81191
それが高1の時だから17年が経ちました。
That was when I was in the first year at high school, so 17 years have passed since then.
Tatoeba #74146

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1006970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.