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N1
そそのかす
そそのかす
The act of inciting another person through flattery or whispering into wrongful conduct. Used in forms like 「悪事をそそのかす」 in contexts of leading someone in a bad direction.
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N1
そそる
そそる
To arouse feelings such as appetite, interest, or curiosity. Used in contexts that stimulate a person's sensory or psychological desires, as in 「食欲をそそる香り」 or 「好奇心をそそる話」.
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N4
育てる
そだてる
To raise a child, animal, or plant, etc., to grow.
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N1
そつ
そつ
A slip-up or wasted effort. In the form 「そつがない」, used as a compliment meaning "leaving no opening and handling things skillfully."
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N2
即興
そっきょう
Creating music, poetry, drama, or the like on the spot without prior preparation. Used in scenes of artistic creation, as in 「即興で演奏する」 or 「即興の詩」.
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N4
卒業
そつぎょう
To finish all of one's studies at a school. The antonym is 「入学」 (enrollment).
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N2, N3
そっくり
そっくり
A state of being very similar. Example: 「父親にそっくりだ」 (to look just like one's father). Also used to mean entirely, with nothing left out, as in 「そっくりそのまま」 (exactly as is, in its entirety).
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N1
そっけない
そっけない
The state of being unfriendly and cold. Used in forms like 「そっけない態度」「そっけない返事」, expressing a manner that conveys no concern or warmth toward the other person.
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N2
即効
そっこう
The fact that medicine, a treatment, or the like takes effect immediately. Used for things whose effect appears in a short time, as in 「即効性のある薬」 or 「即効の治療」.
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N2, N3
そっと
そっと
A manner of doing something quietly and gently, without making a sound. Example: 「そっとドアを閉める」 (to close a door quietly). There is also the expression 「そっとしておく」 (to leave someone/something alone).
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N2
卒倒
そっとう
The act of suddenly losing consciousness and collapsing on the spot. Used in forms like 「知らせを聞いて卒倒した」, expressing fainting and falling from a strong shock or surprise.
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N1
そっぽ
そっぽ
The direction in which one has turned one's face away. In the idiom 「そっぽを向く」, it expresses turning one's face away in defiance of the other person, or an attitude of ignoring them.
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N2
袖
そで
The part of a garment that covers the arm. Also, in the idiom 「袖にする」, used to mean treating someone coldly or paying them no attention. There are also other clothing-related idioms such as 「袖を通す」 (to put on a garment).
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N1
その場しのぎ
そのばしのぎ
The act of getting through a situation temporarily without aiming at a fundamental solution. Used in forms like 「その場しのぎの対応」 to refer to a stop-gap manner of handling things.
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N1
そびえる
そびえる
Means that a mountain or tall building rises very high into the sky. Used to describe something standing so tall you look up at it, as in 「高層ビルがそびえる」 and 「山々がそびえる」. In kanji it is written 「聳える」, but it is generally written in hiragana.
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N4
祖父
そふ
One's father's or mother's father. Grandfather.
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N4
祖母
そぼ
One's father's or mother's mother. Grandmother.
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N1
素養
そよう
Knowledge and cultivation acquired through everyday learning and training. Used in forms like 「古典の素養」「音楽の素養」 to refer to internal knowledge and skills obtained through daily accumulation.
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N1
逸らす
そらす
The act of redirecting what is being aimed at to another direction, or shifting topic or attention away from the main thread. Used in forms like 「視線を逸らす」「話を逸らす」, meaning to deflect from what should originally be the target. It shares its reading with 「反らす」 but differs in characters and meaning.
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N1
反らす
そらす
The act of bending the body or a board backward or outward. Used in forms like 「背中を反らす」「胸を反らす」, meaning to curve an object's shape or one's posture backward like a bow. When used in the sense of redirecting gaze or topic elsewhere, the verb is 「逸らす」.
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N2, N3
そろう
そろう
For two or more things to become the same state. Example: 「サイズがそろう」 (sizes match). Also used to mean all the necessary things or people gathering, as in 「メンバーがそろう」 (all members are present). Written with the kanji 「揃う」, but since this kanji is not used in daily life, it is usually written in hiragana. A person making things the same is 「そろえる」, while the things themselves becoming the same is 「そろう」; they are used as in 「くつをそろえる」 versus 「くつがそろう」.
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N1
損益
そんえき
Loss and profit. Used in forms like 「損益計算書」「損益の改善」 in accounting and management contexts, referring to the monetary losses and gains in business activities or transactions.
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N1
ぞんざい
ぞんざい
The state of treatment or actions being careless and rough. Used in forms like 「ぞんざいな言葉遣い」「ぞんざいに扱う」, expressing a coarse attitude lacking in care or respect.
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N1
尊大
そんだい
To take a haughty attitude that looks down on others. Used as in 「尊大な態度」 or 「尊大に構える」.
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N1
存分
ぞんぶん
The state of doing something to one's heart's content. Often used adverbially in forms like 「存分に楽しむ」「存分に力を発揮する」, expressing the manner of doing something abundantly and fully.
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