► 代名詞
こちら [こちら] [coll] meaning: I rank: 1
☆ そちらがそういうやり方をするなら、こちらもこちらのやり方で行く ⇨ If that’s the way you do things, then this side, I, will do things my way too
☆ 彼等はこちらの事情は全く考慮しない ⇨ They don’t consider this side’s, my, situations at all
こちら [こちら] [coll] [polite] meaning: this rank: 1
☆ こちらの方がお連れ様ですか？ ⇨ Is this lady/gentleman with you?
☆ こちらの色はどうしょう？ ⇨ How would you like this color?
☆ こちらはどうでしょう？ ⇨ How would you like this one?
こちら [こちら] [coll] [polite] meaning: this way rank: 1
☆ こちらへどうぞ ⇨ Please come this way
こちら [こちら] [coll] meaning: we rank: 1
☆ 彼等はこちらの事情は全く考慮しない ⇨ They don’t consider our situations at all
More examples:
- 彼女は上目遣いにこちらを見た ⇨
- 彼女はいつも子供に怒鳴り散らすので、こちらのほうがいたたまれない気分になる ⇨ She is always yelling at her children and that makes me extremely uncomfortable
- 彼は恨めしそうな目でこちらを見た ⇨ He looked at me with resentful eyes
- 呼びかけると彼はこちらを向いた ⇨ I called to him and he turned my way
- こちら側は特に異論は有りません (こちらがわ) ⇨ Our side, we, don’t have any objection
- 彼はこちらの足元を見てふっかけてきた ⇨ He looked at my feet, realized I desperately needed it, and asked for a ridiculously high price
- 彼はこちらの話には聞く耳を持たない ⇨ He has no ears, won’t listen, to my side of the story
- こちらの色は如何でしょう？ ⇨ What about this color? How would you like this color?
- 日本人の多くはこちらが攻めなければ誰も攻めてこないから国を積極的に守る必要は無いと信じている ⇨ Many Japanese believe if they do not invade others, others won’t invade them, so there is no need to defend their country actively
- 相手の出方次第でこちらの戦略は変わる ⇨ Our strategy changes depending on the enemy’s move
- 彼はこちらの痛い所を突いてきた ⇨ He attacked the weak points of my argument
- こちらにいらして下さい ⇨ Please come here, come this way
- 彼に見られただけでこちらが汚れるような気がする ⇨ His just looking at me makes me feel dirty, violated
- 彼は顔をこちらに振り向けた ⇨ He swung his face toward me
- 結局はこちらが折れざるを得なかった ⇨ In the end we had to yield, compromise