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noun[C]
a sofa; a couch, especially a padded seat for two or more people
sofa
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from English “sofa,” ultimately from Arabic ṣuffa meaning a raised platform or bench.
Examples
新しいソファをリビングに置きました。
atarashii sofa o ribingu ni okimashita
I put a new sofa in the living room.
彼はソファで寝てしまった。
kare wa sofa de nete shimatta
He fell asleep on the sofa.
このソファは三人掛けです。
kono sofa wa sannin gake desu
This sofa seats three people.
Character Breakdown
ソ
so
katakana syllable used here to represent the sound “so”
フ
fu
katakana syllable used here as part of the foreign sound “fa”
ァ
a
small katakana vowel used to modify フ to ファ, representing “fa”
Collocations
ソファに座る
ソファで寝る
ソファを置く
三人掛けソファ
革張りのソファ
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