I was watching this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug6-AHozEMY) and
noticed the title. I would have thought that it would be something like
自分の目で確かめよう to mean "see for yourself". But instead it is

> その目で確かめよう

which would have the literal meaning of "Confirm with those eyes." その手 seems
like it might be used in a similar way (その手に触れるまで seems like it might
something similar and at least appears in some songs/movies), but when are
some other times one might use そのX to mean "your X"?
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When is その used to mean "you"?
When it's used with a body parts and the message is given towards no one
specific, I feel that it has a nuance of "your OWN (body parts)". So,
`その目で確かめよう` is like `See it with your OWN eyes` or `See it with your eyes`.
both translations make sense. This is often used in a TV commercial, poem etc
and the message is given to anyone, no one specific.

Some other times we might use そのX to mean "your OWN (body parts)" would be:

>   * （あなた自身の／あなたの）その手で試してみてください
>   * （あなた自身の／あなたの）その手で夢をつかみとれ
>   * （あなた自身の／あなたの）その耳で確かめよう
>   * （あなた自身の／あなたの）その目で確かめよう
>   * （あなた自身の／あなたの）その心で感じよう
>

The `その` in `その手に触れるまで` is very similar but it's used more as a simple "your"
and it sounds like the speaker is thinking about a hand of someone specific
like someone the speaker is in love with, etc. Unlike the examples above, the
translation for this one would be `until I touch your hand`. It can't really
be translated as `until I touch your own hand`.
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その is typically used when a speaker is actually seeing something near the
listener. For example, an angry person may say (お前の)その耳は飾りか? ("Are those ears
(of yours) just for show?"). So this use of その makes the message sound more
dramatic because it sounds as if someone were seeing YOU and conveying this
message directly to YOU (imagine that ["I want YOU"
poster](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unclesamwantyou.jpg)). To take
another example, a warning message for [ore-ore
fraud](https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00403/it%E2%80%99s-me-again-
telephone-scams-in-japan-hit-record-level-despite-awareness-campaigns.html)
may look like その電話は本物ですか (Is THIS call genuine?), which sounds dramatic and
close-at-hand.

It's also perfectly fine to say あなたのその目で確かめよう, but a word like あなたの is usually
omitted in Japanese anyway.

**EDIT:** As chocolate pointed out, この sometimes works like a "vivid/emphatic
version of _my_ ", too (e.g., この目で見たんです!).
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