この

Originally a compound of Old Japanese elements こ (ko, “this”, pronoun) +‎ の (no, possessive, modifies following noun). こ as a pronoun is no longer used individually in modern Japanese.

• (Tokyo) この (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

この • (kono) 

1. (deictically) this ... (near the speaker)

   この車(くるま)は緑(みどり)です。

   Kono kuruma wa midori desu.

   This car is green.

2. (anaphorically) this ... I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
3. used before words for insults to add emphasis; compare Chinese 這／这 (zhè, “this”) and Vietnamese này (“this”)

   この馬(ば)鹿(か)！

   Kono baka!

   You idiot!

   (literally, “This idiot!”)

   このボケ！

   Kono boke!

   You halfwit!

4. I, me: used before one's own name to refer to oneself arrogantly
   • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第60話　少女の決意 (Dai Rokujū Wa: Shōjo no Ketsui) [Chapter 60: A Girl’s Resolve]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド (Tōkyō Andāguraundo) [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 30–31:

     これがこの赤(セキ)を師(スー)兵(ペイ)の頂(ちょう)点(てん)たらしめる炎(ほのお)だッ!!!我(が)龍(りゅう)双(そう)煉(れん)掌(しょう)

     Kore ga kono Seki o Sūpei no chōten tarashimeru honō da'!!! Garyū Sōrenshō

     This is the flame that helped put me, Seki, at the top of the Supei!!! Garyū Sōrenshō

• This term can only be used when followed by a noun or noun phrase. It cannot be used as a standalone pronoun. Examples:
  • Correct:

    この色(いろ)が好(す)きです。 ― Kono iro ga suki desu. ― I like this color.

    • A noun follows kono.
  • Incorrect:

    このが好(す)きです。 ― Kono ga suki desu. ― I like this ...

    • There must be a noun in place of the "...", as this is the adnominal, or attributive form, incapable of standing independently.
    • Using kono in this way is comparable to using English the without a noun after it (*I like the.).
  • Correct:

    これが好(す)きです。 ― Kore ga suki desu. ― I like this.

    • A pronoun is used in the stead of the attributive, resulting in the desired meaning of 'this', with no verbal reference present nor required as to the identity of the object.
• Almost always spelled in hiragana as この.

/kokono/ → /kono/

Abbreviation of Old Japanese kokono (“nine”).

• 九

• (Tokyo) この (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

この • (kono) 

1. (dated) nine

   ひい、ふう、みい、よう、いつ、むう、なな、やあ、この、とお。

   Hī, fū, mī, yō, itsu, mū, nana, yā, kono, tō.

   One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

Generally only used when counting out loud, as in the example above. In writing, usually found spelled out in hiragana as この to make the reading unambiguous.

• ここのつ (kokonotsu)