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表層形
ソッと
ソット
副詞

ソッと (ソット)

Sotto · そっと — softly, gently, quietly, lightly; stealthily, secretly, in secret; to leave alone, to leave as it is

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ソッと in rōmaji: sotto.

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Updated: 2026年8月14日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ソッと
見出し語 (Lemma)
そっと
読み (Reading)
ソット
品詞 (POS)
副詞・*・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
ソッと
読み・基本形
ソット
表記・基本形
ソッと
見出し語の読み
ソット
💡 English Meaning

ソッと means “softly, gently, quietly, lightly; stealthily, secretly, in secret; to leave alone, to leave as it is” — full definition & examples →

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そっと (ソット) — main entry →

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What is the difference between surface form and lemma? ▼
The surface form (ソッと) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (そっと) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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The reading shows the pronunciation in hiragana or katakana as recorded by UniDic. For kanji entries this is the standard reading of this specific surface form — which may differ from other readings of the same kanji.
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