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此これ

Kana これ Romaji kore

JLPT N1 Common word

Definitions

01pronoun

usually kana

this; this one

indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic

02pronoun

usually kana

this person

usu. indicating someone in one's in-group

03pronoun

usually kana

now; this point (in time)

as これから, これまで, etc.

04pronoun

dated termusually kana

here

05adverb

formal or literary termusually kana

used to stress the subject of a sentence

06pronoun

archaic

I; me

Examples

これは面白い本だよ。

This is an interesting book.

Tatoeba #218077

これは兄です。かっこいいですね。

This is my brother. Handsome, isn't he?

Tatoeba #74148

私はこれからは英語を一生懸命勉強します。

I will study English hard from now on.

Tatoeba #160742

Other forms

是 (rarely used kanji form)之 (rarely used kanji form)維 (rarely used kanji form)惟 (rarely used kanji form)

Source

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