其の
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Japanese [edit]
Adnominal [edit]
See also [edit]
Japanese demonstratives
| ko- “this” (close to speaker) |
so- “that” (close to listener) |
a- “that over there” (far from both) |
do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | これ | それ | あれ | どれ |
| これら | それら | あれら | — | |
| Determiner | この | その | あの | どの |
| これらの | それらの | あれらの | — | |
| Kind | こんな | そんな | あんな | どんな |
| Place | ここ | そこ | あそこ* | どこ |
| Direction | こちら | そちら | あちら | どちら |
| こっち | そっち | あっち | どっち | |
| Human | こいつ | そいつ | あいつ | どいつ |
| Manner | こう | そう | ああ** | どう |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) |
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Usage notes [edit]
- The hiragana spelling (その) is preferred to the kanji spelling (其の), which is rarely used.
