► 代名詞
どちら [(1)どちら] [coll] [polite] meaning: where rank: 1
☆ どちらへ行かれるんですか？ ⇨ Where are you going?
☆ 今どちらに？ ⇨ Where are you now?
☆ 御出身はどちらで？ (ごしゅっしん) ⇨ Where are you from? Where is your hometown?
どちら [(1)どちら] [coll] [polite] meaning: who rank: 1
☆ 奥様はこの写真の中のどちらの方ですか？ ⇨ Which one is your wife in this picture?
☆ 次はどちらでしょう？ ⇨ Who’s next?
More examples:
- 御宅の息子さんはどちらの学校に行かれてるんですか？ ⇨ Which school does your son go to?
- 両国はその島をどちらが領有するか争っている ⇨ The two countries are fighting over who owns that island as its territory
- 成功談と失敗談はどちらも参考になる ⇨ Success stories and failure stories are both informative
- 失礼ですがどちら様でしょうか？ ⇨ Excuse me but may I ask who you are?
- こちら様はどちら様で？ ⇨ Who is this gentleman/lady?
- 今日はどちらへお出掛けですか？ ⇨ Where are you going today?
- 私達はどちらも初婚です ⇨ Both of us married for the first time. This is the first marriage for both of us
- 御宅のお坊ちゃんはどちらの学校へ行かれているんですか？ ⇨ Which school does your son go to?
- どちらに御勤めですか？ ⇨ Where do you work? What is your job?
- 佐藤さんはどちらに？佐藤さんは先程お帰りになられましたけれども ⇨ Where is Mr Sato? Mr Sato has already left a little while ago
- この文はどちらの意味にも読める ⇨ This sentence can be read, understood, either way
- 御宅の（御）坊ちゃまはどちらの学校に？ ⇨ Which school does you son go?
- 浮動票がどちらに回るかで選挙は決まる ⇨ The election will be decided depending on which side the floating, on-the-fence, votes will go
- 私達はしばらく押し問答したがどちらも引かなかった ⇨ We argued for a while but neither of us conceded
- 利き腕はどちらですか？ ⇨ Which is your dominant hand?