そんな

sonna

that sort of

pre-noun adjectival

Chinese meanings

那样的

Examples

Furigana

どうしてそんなことが起おこったの？
How did such a thing come about?
为什么会发生那样的事？
Tatoeba #201543
そんな事ことをするとはうかつだった。
It was careless of me to do something like that.
做那种事太大意了。
Tatoeba #204115

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('73688428ee'); // そんな

{
  "id": "73688428ee",
  "word": "そんな",
  "reading": "そんな",
  "romaji": "sonna",
  "meanings": [
    "that sort of"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "adj-pn"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1007130,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "どうしてそんなことが起こったの？",
      "furigana": "どうしてそんなことが{起|お}こったの？",
      "en": "How did such a thing come about?",
      "tatoeba_id": 201543
    },
    {
      "ja": "そんな事をするとはうかつだった。",
      "furigana": "そんな{事|こと}をするとはうかつだった。",
      "en": "It was careless of me to do something like that.",
      "tatoeba_id": 204115
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f57ac67186aadd1c9ef1448e57121ccc59dbe7f4a15f57581230e2e4692c8506",
    "meanings": [
      "那样的"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "どうしてそんなことが起こったの？",
        "zh": "为什么会发生那样的事？"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そんな事をするとはうかつだった。",
        "zh": "做那种事太大意了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/73688428ee",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "89d030724dd959aec743800a2abdf92472dd06a6f3eb966d6f8c93fef73a4f7e"
  }
}