particle N1 uncommon casualpolite

そこを — (do it) despite that

そこを

Meaning

Key sentence

I know it's a stretch, but couldn't you somehow manage it anyway?

Formation

Attaches toFormExample
Demonstrative + を, referring back to a just-stated obstacle そこを(なんとか)+ request / imperative そこをなんとか

When: Pleading or coaxing — acknowledges the obstacle the other side just raised and asks them to override it. Often そこをなんとか / そこをげて.

Examples

I know it's expensive, but couldn't you come down a little anyway?
Though you were busy, you bent the rules and took it on for us.

Easily confused with

Notes

See そこを in real sentences

Jengo shows そこを the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

Study it in Jengo

Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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