"そうですね" meaning in Japanese

See そうですね in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: [so̞ː de̞sɨ̥ ne̞] Forms: sō desu ne [romanization], sau desu ne [romanization], さうですね [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|そう です ね|hhira=さう です ね}} そうですね • (sō desu ne) ^(←さうですね (sau desu ne)?)
  1. that's so, isn't it so?
    Sense id: en-そうですね-ja-phrase-vMQ0bzJI
  2. hmm (used to indicate that the listener has heard and understood)
    Sense id: en-そうですね-ja-phrase--IOF9uT8 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 48 52
  3. well (as a filler word particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)
    Sense id: en-そうですね-ja-phrase--K1pR8bV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 35 65

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sō desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sau desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さうですね",
      "roman": "sau desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "そう です ね",
        "hhira": "さう です ね"
      },
      "expansion": "そうですね • (sō desu ne) ^(←さうですね (sau desu ne)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that's so, isn't it so?"
      ],
      "id": "en-そうですね-ja-phrase-vMQ0bzJI",
      "links": [
        [
          "isn't it so",
          "isn't it so"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hmm (used to indicate that the listener has heard and understood)"
      ],
      "id": "en-そうですね-ja-phrase--IOF9uT8",
      "links": [
        [
          "hmm",
          "hmm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well (as a filler word particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
      ],
      "id": "en-そうですね-ja-phrase--K1pR8bV",
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "filler",
          "filler"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そーですね"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ː de̞sɨ̥ ne̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "そうですね"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese phrases",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sō desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sau desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "さうですね",
      "roman": "sau desu ne",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "そう です ね",
        "hhira": "さう です ね"
      },
      "expansion": "そうですね • (sō desu ne) ^(←さうですね (sau desu ne)?)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "that's so, isn't it so?"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "isn't it so",
          "isn't it so"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hmm (used to indicate that the listener has heard and understood)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hmm",
          "hmm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "well (as a filler word particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "filler",
          "filler"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そーですね"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞ː de̞sɨ̥ ne̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "そうですね"
}

Download raw JSONL data for そうですね meaning in Japanese (1.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "そうですね"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "そうですね",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "そうですね"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "phrase",
  "title": "そうですね",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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