Help with this phrase
- Thread starter Chrupiter
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- 22 Feb 2008
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That's そっと, not そつと.
そっと is an adverb, meaning, softly, carefully, gently, quietly, etc.
そっとする is an idiom, meanig "to leave it as it is", and ～ておく means "to keep it as it is" here.
おこう is the volitional form.
Thus, the given translation comes form what the speaker is going to do; keeping what they are doing now(walking) and leaving what they saw as it is (staying away from it).
そっと is an adverb, meaning, softly, carefully, gently, quietly, etc.
そっとする is an idiom, meanig "to leave it as it is", and ～ておく means "to keep it as it is" here.
おこう is the volitional form.
Thus, the given translation comes form what the speaker is going to do; keeping what they are doing now(walking) and leaving what they saw as it is (staying away from it).
