英和和英

読み方 こちら

指摘代名詞

1

（＝この方）this; this one

用例

• こちらの方があちらよりもよろしい
  This one is better than that.

• こちら立てればあちらが立たぬ
  If I am true to the one, I must be false to the other.

2

（＝自分の方）I; we; our side

用例

• こちらが無理か
  Am I in the wrong?

• こちらが多数だ
  The majority is on our side.
• こちらが勝ちだ
  The victory rests with us.
• こちらでは契約を守ったがあちらでは守らない
  The agreement has been kept on my part, but not on the other part.
• こちらからお届け申します
  We shall send it home for you.

指摘副詞

（＝ここ）here; this way; this side

用例

• どうぞこちらへ
  This way, please!

• こちらの方へお出の節はぜひお立ち寄り下さい
  If you ever come―（山の手の方なら）―up this way,―（下町の方なら）―down this way,―do not fail to look in.
• あの西洋人は久しくこちらに居る
  That foreigner has long been here.
• こちらへ田中さんが参りませんか
  Hasn't Mr. Tanaka been here?
• 学校は橋の先じゃない橋のこちらです
  The school is this side the bridge, not beyond the bridge.

読み方 こなた

代名詞

This; this one

副詞

Here; this way

読み方 このほう

指摘代名詞

This one

• この方にします
  I will take this one.

人称代名詞

I; we

• この方無事
  I am glad to say we are well.

読み方 このかた

前置詞相当語句

1

Since （some event）; these （so many years） ［注意］出来事を標準とすれば“since”を用い、時日、年数には“these”を用いる。

用例

• 維新このかた廃れたる日本刀
  The Japanese sword has been in disuse since the Restoration.

• 六十年このかた廃れたる日本刀
  The Japanese sword has been in disuse these sixty years.
• 彼は試験このかた病気でいる
  He has been ill since the examination.
• 二十日このかた病気でいる
  He has been ill these twenty days.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• へその緒切ってこのかたこんな目に逢うのは初めてだ
  I never had such an experience in my life―in all my born days―in the whole course of my life.

• この商売を始めてこのかたこんな事件に出会わすのは初めてだ
  I never came across such a case in the whole course of my professional career.
• 三十年このかたの大雪だ
  It is the greatest snowfall that has been seen for thirty years
  Such a snowfall has not been known for thirty years.
• 神代このかた
  from the Age of Gods downward

読み方 こっち

副詞

Here; this way; on this side; on our side

用例

• こっちへ来給え
  Come here!
  Step this way!
  This way please!

• 彼はこっちの方を向いている
  He is looking this way.
• こっちが多数だ
  The majority is on our side
  We have the majority on our side.
• こっちにも申し分がある
  I must have my say.
• いや、こっちの話です
  It is neither here nor there.
• いったんうんと言わせりゃこっちのものだ
  Once he consents, he is ours.
• こうなりゃもうこっちのものだ
  Success is now in sight.
• 君はこっちの者にはなるまいかと思った
  I gave you up for lost.
• 病人は漸くこっちの者にしました
  We have snatched her from the jaws of death.
• 衣食はこっち持ち
  We find him in food and clothes―keep him back and belly.
• 修繕はこっち持ち
  The repairs must be made at my own expense.

前置詞、接続詞相当語句

Since

用例

• 親父が死んでからこっち伯（叔）父の厄介になっております
  I have lived with my uncle since my father died―（は接続詞、前置詞に用いれば）―since my father's death.

• 彼は試験からこっち悪くている
  He has been ill since the examination.
• あれからこっち引きこもっている
  He has been confined to his bed since then―ever since.