the front / the past / previous

a portion, an amount / ago

counter for irregularly shaped objects such as desks, armrests, and serving trays / counter for kami and shrines

the last, the previous / pre- (of an era)

(rare) an honorific suffix added to a noun denoting a person

something or other

何とか彼とか: something or other

東南東: east-southeast

east-southeast

The hiragana syllable そ (so). Its equivalent in katakana is ソ (so). It is the fifteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行お段 (sa-gyō o-dan, “row sa, section o”).