TomoshiTomoshi

そうsou

JLPT N4approx.Common
Definitions
  1. auxiliary, na-adjectiveappearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance ofafter -masu stem or adj. stem
    まもなく雨あめが降ふりそうだ。↗
    It is going to rain soon.
Conjugation
Plain formそう
Polite (desu)そうです
Negative (dewa nai)そうではない
polite (dewa arimasen)そうではありません
Past (datta)そうだった
Past negative (dewa nakatta)そうではなかった
Te form (de)そうで
Adverbial (ni)そうに
Conditional (nara)そうなら

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Japanese definitions
  1. （動詞どうし連用形れんようけい接続せつぞく）今いまにも～する様子ようすである。
  2. （「いる」「ある」などの存在そんざいを示しめす動詞どうしの連用形れんようけい、形容詞けいようし語幹ごかん、形容けいよう動詞どうし語幹ごかん接続せつぞく）外そとからは～に見みえる。
  3. （用言ようげん終止形しゅうしけい接続せつぞく）そのように言いわれている、伝え聞つたえきいている。
See also
あれほど

JLPT vocabulary levels are community estimates, not official (no official lists have been published since the 2010 revision).

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