Word Meaning 此方

こち kochi

此方 is read as こち (kochi) and means here.

Meaning

English

here
this (one)
this person
this way
this direction
I
me
we

Reading

Kana

こち

Romaji

kochi

Writing Variants

此方こちら kochira
此方こっち kocchi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Antonyms 彼方,其方 Rank 154797 Priority Y

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此方の話

こちらのはなし

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation)

彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ

あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ

it's hard to please everybody

西方

さいほう

Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)

Example Sentences

其の日は一日淋しいペンの音を聞いて暮した。其の間には折々千代々々と云う声も聞えた。文鳥も淋しいから鳴くのではなかろうかと考えた。然し縁側へ出て見ると、二本の留り木の間を、彼方へ飛んだり、此方へ飛んだり、絶間なく行きつ戻りつしている。少しも不平らしい様子はなかった。

I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.

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