そんな

そんな · sonna · JLPT N4 · na-adj

that sort of

so (that) + na (kind of) = that kind of, near you

Part of the ko-so-a-do set: konna (this kind of), sonna (that kind of, near the listener), anna (that kind over there), donna (what kind of). The so- marks something tied to the listener, as in sore and sono.

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