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此この

Kana この Romaji kono

JLPT N5 Common word

Definitions

01pre-noun adjectival

usually kana

this

something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker

02pre-noun adjectival

usually kana

last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this

in ref. to a stretch of time or date

03pre-noun adjectival

usually kana

you (as in "you liar")

emphatic, accusatory, insulting

Examples

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

この野郎！

You son of a bitch!

Tatoeba #219316

Other forms

斯の (rarely used kanji form)こん

Source

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