そう

そう · sou · JLPT N4 · na-adj

so

Sounds like so: Is that so? = そう

そう (sou) is pronounced almost exactly like English so, held a beat longer. English says Is that so? and Japanese says そうですか. The agreeing yes, that's right sense is the same word: そうです = it is so.

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