Sale Lifetime access for $30 $60 from 1 November · Every level, N5 to N1 Get it
New JLPT mock tests · Full exams from past papers, timed like the real exam Take one

それとなく (soretonaku)

indirectly

  • Extra
  • Pitch -1

Meaning

それとなく (soretonaku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “indirectly”.

Example sentences 11

彼女かのじょにそれとなく注意ちゅういしておいてください

Please warn her indirectly.

それとなく彼に聞いてみるよ.

I'm going to ask him about it indirectly.

私はそれをそれとなく意識する。

I'm vaguely aware of that.

彼女かのじょは彼かれの不品行ふひんこうにそれとなくふれた。

She made an allusion to his misconduct.

Sale

Practice JLPT membership

Every mock test, practice test and reading passage, N5 to N1, and unlimited voice lessons.

$5 a month, or $30 once for lifetime$60 from 1 November

See membership

New

JLPT mock tests

Full exams from past papers, section by section on the real exam clock, with the original listening audio. Mock test 1 is free at every level.