Last Updated：2025/11/19

Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.

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Source Word

so

IPA(Pronunciation)

/səʊ/

Interjection

archaic

Japanese Meaning

考えごとの一時停止の後に、新しい話題、疑問、物語、または既存の話題の延長として新たな考えや疑問を提示するための間投詞として使われる

so, do you remember the story I told last week?

ところで、先週話した話を覚えていますか？

Sense（1）

So, let's go home.

Sense（2）

"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"

Sense（3）

Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.

What are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf.

Sense（4）

(archaic) Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.