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Japanese
Etymology
Shift from archaic pronoun こち (kochi).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
こっち • (kotchi)
- (informal) this direction, this way
- そこのお前、こっちこい。
- Soko no omae, kotchi koi.
- Hey, you, come here.
- (informal) this person; I, me, we us
- こっちが聞きたいぐらいだ。
- Kotchi ga kikitai gurai da.
- That's what I want to know too.
- (informal) this thing
Derived terms
See also
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ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)
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so-
“that”
(close to listener)
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a-
“that over there”
(far from both)
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do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
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| Object
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これ (kore)
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それ (sore)
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あれ (are)
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どれ (dore)
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| これら (korera)
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それら (sorera)
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あれら (arera)
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—
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| Determiner
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この (kono)
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その (sono)
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あの (ano)
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どの (dono)
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| これらの (korera no)
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それらの (sorera no)
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あれらの (arera no)
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—
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| Kind
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こんな (konna)
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そんな (sonna)
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あんな (anna)
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どんな (donna)
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| こういう (kō iu)
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そういう (sō iu)
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ああいう (ā iu)
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どういう (dō iu)
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| Place
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ここ (koko)
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そこ (soko)
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あそこ (asoko)*
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どこ (doko)
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| こっから (kokkara)
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そっから (sokkara)
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—
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どっから (dokkara)
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| Direction / Human
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こちら (kochira)
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そちら (sochira)
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あちら (achira)
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どちら (dochira)
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| こなた (konata)
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そなた (sonata)
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あなた (anata)
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どなた (donata)
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| Direction
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こっち (kotchi)
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そっち (sotchi)
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あっち (atchi)
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どっち (dotchi)
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| Human
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こいつ (koitsu)†
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そいつ (soitsu)†
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あいつ (aitsu)†
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どいつ (doitsu)†
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| Manner
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こう (kō)
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そう (sō)
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ああ (ā)**
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どう (dō)
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| Degree
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これくらい (kore kurai)
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それくらい (sore kurai)
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あれくらい (are kurai)
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どれくらい (dore kurai)
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| これだけ (kore dake)
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それだけ (sore dake)
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あれだけ (are dake)
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どれだけ (dore dake)
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| これほど (kore hodo)
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それほど (sore hodo)
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あれほど (are hodo)
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どれほど (dore hodo)
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* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
† potentially rude or derogatory
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The kanji
此 (ko),
其 (so),
彼 (a), and
何 (do) can be used for determiners, but they are almost always spelled in hiragana.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN