そうか/そっか i see そうかそうか/そっかそっか i see i see
(when said in a soft low/high tone, can convey empathy towards a hard situation)
add ?to そうか or そうto doubt: really?/you think? to tone down the doubt use そうなの? (only use this one to say "really?" as a filler response)
そうかい/そうかいそうかい alright. i see. (sarcastic)
そうだ oh i know, (opener)/oh yeah, right. (reaffirming) そうだった oh yeah, right/i totally forgot
そうだったか oh i see. (imply that you didn't know about sth that happened in the past) add a ? to doubt: was that really so?/was that how that really was?
そうだな/そうだね you're right/good idea (to a suggestion) そうだったな/そうだったね oh yeah right you're right – add ? at the end to ask for confirmation, either genuinely or rhetorically
そうだよ – yes, that's right. そうだよ？- yes, that's right? (confused that the other had to even ask)
そうだったんかい/+な meant to imply frustration (in good humor) about not having been told something sooner
そうなんだ/そうなんだね i see that's what it is そうだったんだ/+ね/+な so that's what it was
そう yeah. (as to affirm a question or reaction)/i see…
そうそう/そそ oh i almost forgot, (opener)/yeah yeah(to empathize) そそそ yeah three times (not sarcasm)
そんな (=~like that/such そのような) is very versatile, it is used as an abbreviation for "that (much/great)". examples that are standalone are
そんなそんな – i didn't do that much (-> you're welcome)/i'm not that great a person (-> thank you for your compliment) combine with other negatives to be extra japan いえいえそんなそんな
そんな！- oh no!
そんなか？is it really that great? (doubt)
combine with other words to say =~"that much/such" ex. そんなない i don't have that much, そんなことない(no such thing/i wouldn't do such a thing/such a thing isn't a thing/not normal) そんな人(such a (usually negative) person)
それ/それな -true that/that's right/ or/yeah that (referring back to a topic)
それな～ – same as above, or/yeah, that.. (communicating hesitation about the topic)
それだ – yeah that's it (pointing to it, physical or topic)
それか、that, or.. それか。 – oh that. (when reminded of something). それか？- is it really that one?
combine with others.. そうそれ – yeah that one それそれ/それだそれ – that one that one
そらそう(それはそう)/そらそうだ/そうそうよ well that's obvious
(addそれは before affirmations to emphasize the obviousness それはそうか/それはそうだな/それはそうだったか)
それはそれ(+これはこれ) – that's one thing, this is another.
それはそれは – filler response to mean somethign like "wow, that's a story".
それは。。。(elongateは) – i'm not sure about that.
それは？！↗ – is that?!
それは！↗↘ – in retort to being poked about a topic/ e.g. (だからそれは、ちがうって -> no that, you misunderstand)
それは？ – what about that one? (pointing to something)
just realized there's like so many so ill stop
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