Meanings
Pre-noun adjective
Usually written in kana
1. this
something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
in ref. to a stretch of time or date
3. you (as in "you liar")
emphatic, accusatory, insulting
Kanji used
this here
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
like this; this sort; this way
this world; this life; world of the living
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
Examples (1 in total)
We have to take advantage of this situation.