JLPT N5 · pre-noun adjectival

この (kono)

この is a Japanese pre-noun adjectival meaning “this”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: この
Romaji: kono
Word class: pre-noun adjectival
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

this · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana · something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana · in ref. to a stretch of time or date
you (as in "you liar") · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana · emphatic, accusatory, insulting

Example sentences

このコップをミルクで満たした。

I filled this glass with milk.

Tatoeba #223794

この数年間に彼は不朽の名詩を書いた。

During these years he wrote immortal poems.

Tatoeba #220957

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1582920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.