そこ

そこ
pronoun
there
1. there (near you)
A demonstrative pronoun for a place near the listener.
What is there?
Please wait there.
Please turn right there.
That's my seat. Please don't sit there.
Could you get the book that's placed there? It's the third one from the top.

そこ is a demonstrative pronoun for places near the listener. It belongs to the ko-so-a-do system.

KO-SO-A-DO LOCATION WORDS:

  • ここ: here (near speaker)
  • そこ: there (near listener)
  • あそこ: over there (far from both)
  • どこ: where (question)

PARTICLE PATTERNS:

  • そこに: to/at that place (location or destination)
  • そこで: at that place (action location)
  • そこを: through that place
  • そこから: from that place

USAGE:
Commonly used when giving directions or referring to something in the listener's space. In conversation, そこ can also refer to a point just mentioned in the discourse ("at that point").