How to say 'There' in Japanese | そちら

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The Japanese word for There is 'Sochira', written as そちら in Japanese.

word

そちら

Meaning

There

Reading

Sochira

Explanation

The Japanese pronoun 'そちら (そちら)' is used to refer to a place or direction that is closer to the listener than to the speaker. It can also be used to refer to a person or group of people in a polite manner. For example: Is the station over there?「駅はそちらですか？」(えきはそちらですか？). How is everyone over there?「そちらの皆さんはお元気ですか？」(そちらのみなさんはおげんきですか？). It is important to note that 'そちら' is more formal and polite compared to 'そこ' or 'そっち', which are used in more casual settings.

Part Of Speech

pronoun

Frequency

1815

Composition

hiragana

Handwriting

Hiragana in the Word そちら

This word contains 3 Hiragana characters :

hiragana

そ

Reading

hiragana

ち

Reading

Chi

hiragana

ら

Reading

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'Sochira' means 'There' .

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