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soko o / -s6 ni naru 409
B: ?t 9, g&, rj G:dbLTbakECSG-I/>TLd: j fib,
(But, could you do something about it, Professor?)
(e) A: t tv&&dk:8$$9fiif6 ;~GSI:~;~:I/~&G-L~G-~
(I cannot allocate a budget for such a project.)

(But, chief, could you give me a chance?)

1. Soko o is used to express some positive efforts in spite of some negative
situation mentioned either in the first half of the sentence as in KS(A)
and Exs.(a) - (c) or in the interlocutor's line as in KS(B), Exs.(d) and
(el.
2. Soko o is often used to push one's request in spite of an initial negative
reaction, as shown in Exs.(c) - (e). In this case, the sentence often takes
the form of Soko o nantoka - deshd ka.
3. Soko o can be replaced by soko no tokoro o without changing the mean-
ing when soko o is used to express the speaker's beseeching, as in
KS(B) and Exs.(c) - (e).

almost
rn6
happens [EL. sukoshi/chotto de
- sum tokoro (datta)]