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► 副詞
然う  [(1)そう]    meaning:  right  rank: 1
☆ あ、そう ⇨ Oh, is that right
☆ あ、そうなんですか ⇨ Oh, is that right
☆ うん、そう ⇨ Yeah, that is so, right

然う  [(1)そう]    meaning:  so  rank: 1
☆ あいつにそうはさせない ⇨ I won’t let him do so
☆ うん、そうなのよ ⇨ Yeah, that is so, right
☆ キャビアはそう美味しいとはえない ⇨ I just don’t think caviar is that delicious
☆ そう? ⇨ Is that so?
☆ そうしたかったらそうすればい ⇨ If you want to do so, then you can do so
☆ そうはさせるか ⇨ I won’t let you do that. I won’t let that happen
☆ そうは問屋さない ⇨ That is not how wholesalers sell, things won’t work that way
☆ それはそう不思議なことではない ⇨ That’s not such a strange occurrence
☆ 本当にそうなの? ⇨ Is that really so, true?
☆ 物事はそう簡単かない ⇨ Things won’t go that easily
☆ もそうしたい ⇨ I want to do that too, I want it that way too
☆ もそう思う ⇨ I think so too
☆ もそうは言っていない ⇨ Nobody is saying so, that

► 成句
然う  [そう]  [然う言えば]  [coll]    meaning:  by the way  rank: 2
☆ そうえばのこと最近見かけないけど、どうかしたの? ⇨ Speaking of which, I haven’t seen him lately. Has something happened to him?

然う  [(1)そう]  [然うだ]  [coll]    meaning:  well  rank: 2
☆ そうだ、昨日ピザ未だ残ってるだ ⇨ Oh yeah, there still must be some leftover pizza from yesterday  (☛ Not used literally, but rather just an interjection)
☆ そうですね、十もあれば十じゃないでしょうか ⇨ Well, I guess if there are ten of them, that should be enough  (☛ Not used literally, but rather just an interjection)