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Romajisokora
その本はそこらにあります。so no hon wa so ko ra ni a ri ma su
The book is around there.
鍵はそこらに置いてあります。kagi wa so ko ra ni o i te a ri ma su
The keys have been left around there.
Indicates an unspecified area over there, with the focus on the surrounding vicinity rather than a precise location.
そこら辺so ko ra hen
around there
そこいらsokoira: A casual expression for an unspecified nearby area whose exact location is not important.
そこを中心とする、はっきり限定しない周辺の場所を指す語。so ko o chū shin to su ru ha kki ri gen tei shi na i shū hen no ba sho o sa su go
The native Japanese form そこら (sokora) is formed from そこ (soko, "there") and ら (ra), which adds a sense of an approximate area.