こちら (kochira)
こちら is a Japanese pronoun meaning “this way; this direction”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こちら
- Romaji
- kochira
- Word class
- Pronoun
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- this way; this direction · pronoun · usually written in kana · direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker
- here · pronoun · usually written in kana · place close to the speaker or where the speaker is
- this (one) · pronoun · usually written in kana · something physically close to the speaker
- I; me; we; us · pronoun · usually written in kana
- this person · pronoun · usually written in kana · someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1004500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.