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この
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word この.
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Entry
1
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); Something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
this
Examples
このコップをミルクで満たした。
I filled this glass with milk.
2
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); In ref. to a stretch of time or date
last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
Examples
この数年間に彼は不朽の名詩を書いた。
During these years he wrote immortal poems.
3
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi); Emphatic, accusatory, insulting
you (as in "you liar")
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