これ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
此れ
是
之
維
惟

Etymology

⟨ko2re⟩ → /kore/

From Old Japanese. Compare Okinawan くり (kuri) and Northern Amami-Oshima くるぃ (kurï).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) これ [kòré] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ɾe̞]

Pronoun

これ • (kore) 

  1. this
    Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) こい
    1. (deictically) this one (near the speaker)
    2. (anaphorically) this one I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
  2. (archaic) I; me
  3. (archaic) you
  4. (literary, calque of Literary Chinese 是, 之, 惟, etc.) Repeats the topic with a correct case marker to avoid any misunderstanding if it is not a subject.
    • 1946, 日本國憲法 (“The Constitution of Japan”), Article 19:
      思(し)想(そう)及(およ)び良(りょう)心(しん)の自(じ)由(ゆう)は、これを侵(おか)してはならない。
      Shisō oyobi ryōshin no jiyū wa, kore o okashite wa naranai.
      Freedom of thought and conscience shall not be violated.
    • 寮(りょう)則(そく)第(だい)9(きゅう)条( じょう)。寮(りょう)内(ない)での能(のう)力(りょく)の使(し)用(よう)は、これを固(かた)く禁(きん)ずる。
      Ryōsoku dai-kyū jō. Ryōnai de no nōryoku no shiyō wa, kore o kataku kinzuru.
      Dormitory rule number 9: Use of psychic powers in the dormitory is strictly forbidden.
    • c. 1300, chapter 5, in Heike Monogatari‎, 朝敵揃:
      鷺(さぎ)も羽(はね)つくろひして立(たた)んとす。「宣(せん)旨(じ)ぞ。」と仰(おほ)すれば、ひらんで飛(とび)去(さ)らず。是(これ)を取(とっ)て參(まい)りたり。
      Sagi mo hane-tsukuroi shite tatan to su. “Senji zo.” to ōsureba, hirande tobisarazu. Kore o totte mairi tari.
      Adjusting its feathers, the heron was about to leave. When [he] said, “It’s the emperor’s order”, it prostrated itself without flying away. [He] caught it and went away.

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