Meanings
Pronoun
Usually written in kana
1. here; this place
2. this point; here; now
3. these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
followed by a duration noun
4. the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
followed by a duration noun
Kanji used
this here
place
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
hereabouts; around here