これ
これ
hepburn kore
this (near speaker)
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- これは本です。This is a book.
- これをください。Please give me this one.
Collocations
これは何ですか (kore wa nan desu ka, what is this)これを (kore wo, object marker)これも (kore mo, this one too)これから (kore kara, from now on)これで (kore de, with this)
Mnemonic
これ kore — the こ-branch of the kosoado demonstrative system (near the speaker). Used as a standalone noun (これは~). For pre-noun position use この (kono): これの本 is wrong → この本. これから = "from now on", これで = "with this / now then" (closing phrase).
Quick check
Correct Japanese for "this book"?