"こちら" meaning in Japanese

See こちら in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: [ko̞t͡ɕiɾa̠] Forms: kochira [romanization]
Etymology: From こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ja|こち|等|pos2=suffix of rough indication or approximation|t1=this direction (or person)|tr1=kochi|tr2=ra}} こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|こちら}} こちら • (kochira)
  1. this direction, this way
    Sense id: en-こちら-ja-pron-oSdsyhQF
  2. this person; I, me, we, us
    Sense id: en-こちら-ja-pron-4oTGchIX Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms suffixed with 等, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 7 93 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 92 0 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 33 46 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 等: 42 58 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 8 92 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 0
  3. this thing
    Sense id: en-こちら-ja-pron-phRx4lao
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: こちら様 (kochira-sama) (ruby: 様(さま)), あちらこちら (achirakochira), そちらこちら (sochirakochira) Related terms: こっち (kotchi), こなた (konata)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kochira-sama",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "様",
          "さま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "こちら様"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "achirakochira",
      "word": "あちらこちら"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sochirakochira",
      "word": "そちらこちら"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "こち",
        "3": "等",
        "pos2": "suffix of rough indication or approximation",
        "t1": "this direction (or person)",
        "tr1": "kochi",
        "tr2": "ra"
      },
      "expansion": "こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kochira",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pronoun",
        "2": "こちら"
      },
      "expansion": "こちら • (kochira)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "pron",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "roman": "achira tatereba kochira ga tatanu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kotchi",
      "word": "こっち"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "konata",
      "word": "こなた"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this direction, this way"
      ],
      "id": "en-こちら-ja-pron-oSdsyhQF",
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 46 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms suffixed with 等",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "N",
              "エヌ"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "電",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "号",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "現",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "在",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/binary/pdf/support/trouble/manual/network/english_guidance.pdf\nこちらは、NTTドコモです。おかけになった電話番号は、現在使われておりません。\nKochira wa, Enu-Tī-Tī Dokomo desu. O-kake ni natta denwa bangō wa, genzai tsukawarete orimasen.\nThis is NTT Docomo. The number you have dialed is currently not in service."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this person; I, me, we, us"
      ],
      "id": "en-こちら-ja-pron-4oTGchIX",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ],
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "us",
          "us"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-こちら-ja-pron-phRx4lao",
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こちら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞t͡ɕiɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こちら"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese pronouns",
    "Japanese terms suffixed with 等",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kochira-sama",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "様",
          "さま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "こちら様"
    },
    {
      "roman": "achirakochira",
      "word": "あちらこちら"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sochirakochira",
      "word": "そちらこちら"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "こち",
        "3": "等",
        "pos2": "suffix of rough indication or approximation",
        "t1": "this direction (or person)",
        "tr1": "kochi",
        "tr2": "ra"
      },
      "expansion": "こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From こち (kochi, “this direction (or person)”) + 等 (-ra, suffix of rough indication or approximation).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kochira",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pronoun",
        "2": "こちら"
      },
      "expansion": "こちら • (kochira)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "pron",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "roman": "achira tatereba kochira ga tatanu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ],
        [
          "立",
          "た"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kotchi",
      "word": "こっち"
    },
    {
      "roman": "konata",
      "word": "こなた"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this direction, this way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "this",
          "this"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "N",
              "エヌ"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "T",
              "ティー"
            ],
            [
              "電",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "号",
              "ごう"
            ],
            [
              "現",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "在",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "使",
              "つか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/binary/pdf/support/trouble/manual/network/english_guidance.pdf\nこちらは、NTTドコモです。おかけになった電話番号は、現在使われておりません。\nKochira wa, Enu-Tī-Tī Dokomo desu. O-kake ni natta denwa bangō wa, genzai tsukawarete orimasen.\nThis is NTT Docomo. The number you have dialed is currently not in service."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "this person; I, me, we, us"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "I",
          "I"
        ],
        [
          "me",
          "me"
        ],
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "us",
          "us"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "this thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こちら"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞t͡ɕiɾa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "こちら"
}

Download raw JSONL data for こちら meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "こちら"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "こちら",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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