こち

See also: ごち

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
此方

⟨ko₂ti⟩ → */kəti/ → /kot͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese.

Derived from 此 (ko, “this”, refers to object(s) near the speaker) +‎ ち (-chi, suffix indicating direction).

Pronoun

こち • (kochi) 

1. (archaic) this direction, this way
2. (archaic) first-person pronoun: I, me; we, us

   Synonyms: 私 (watakushi), 私共 (watakushidomo)

Derived terms

• こっち (kotchi)
• こちこち (kochikochi)
• こち人(と) (kochito)
• こちの人(ひと) (kochi no hito), こちの (kochi no)
• こちの物(もの) (kochi no mono)
• こちゃ (kocha)
• こちや (kochi ya)
• こち寄(よ)りて (kochi yorite)
• こちら (kochira)
• あちこち (achikochi)
• そちこち (sochikochi)
• どちこち (dochikochi)

See also

Classical Japanese pronouns and demonstratives

	a-/wa- “I, we” (first person)	na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person)	k- “this” (close to speaker)	s- “that” (close to listener)	a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both)	i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative)	ono- “oneself” (reflexive)
Person	あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro)	な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi)	こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi)	おの (ono) おのれ (onore)
Thing			こ (ko) これ (kore)	そ (so) それ (sore)	あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare)	いづれ (izure) なに (nani)
Location			ここ (koko)	そこ (soko)	あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko)	いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko)
Direction			こち (kochi) こなた (konata)	そち (sochi) そなた (sonata)	あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata)	いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata)
Manner			か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō)	さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika)		いか (ika)
Time						いつ (itsu)

Etymology 2

Kana spelling of several terms.

Noun

こち • (kochi) 

1. 鯒, 鮲, 牛尾魚: flathead catfish
2. 東風: east winds that blow in spring

Proper noun

こち • (Kochi) 

1. 越智, 古知, 幸地, 小知, 小地, 東風: a surname
2. 仔智: a female given name

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of こち – see the following entries.

【故地】 [noun] land associated with something's past

(This term, こち (kochi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as こち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as こち.

(The following entries do not have a page created for them yet: 故知, 故智, 胡地.)

Old Japanese

Etymology 1

Derived from 此 (ko₂, “this”, referring to object(s) near the speaker) +‎ ち (-ti, suffix indicating direction).

Pronoun

こち (ko₂ti)

1. this direction, this way
   • 711–712, Kojiki, lower volume (Emperor Yūryaku; poem 91):

     久佐加辨能許知能夜麻登多多美許母弊具理能夜麻能...

     Kusakabe₁ no₂ ko₂ti no₂ yama to₂ tatami₁ko₂mo₂ Pe₁guri-no₂-yama no₂...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• こちごち (ko₂tigo₂ti)
• をちこち (wotiko₂ti)

Descendants

• Japanese: こち (kochi)

Etymology 2

Noun

こち (*ko₁ti)

1. 東風: spring easterly