- こちら (kochira) or これ (kore)? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
こちら carries a sense of direction of the conversation, like you would expect the listener to look towards or acknowledge the subject you are bringing up, inanimate or not
- How is こちらこそ used? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
I don't understand the usage of こちらこそ in the following exchange: A: はじめまして、たなか ゆうこです。よろしく おねがいします。 B: たなかさん、こちらこそ よろしく おねがいします。 In the translation, I was told that it meant "it is I, not you"
- grammar - Difference and usage between こちら and 私 - Japanese Language . . .
In practice, the difference between こちら and 私 in these sentences is the same the difference between, looking this way and looking at me, as noted in the comments by @user4092
- What are valid responses to the expressions
4 こちらこそ is a response to よろしくおねがいします People often say 「こちらこそよろしくお願いします」 for this reason I don't think we say 「こちらこそはじめまして」 probably because if the other person hasn't met you before, it goes without saying that you haven't met that person either
- こちらの vs この when referring to something
こちら is very often used to talk about people as well as a simple replacement to この You are likely to have heard the phrase: こちらこそ Along the lines of "I'm the one who should be saying that" This is an example of こちら being used to refer to people, specifically the self In phone calls, and letters, people very often use こちら in place of 私 This commonly refers to
- Should I write 此方 or こちら? - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
I wonder if it is too formal to use the kanji for such a common expression like this However, I like to write most Japanese words with kanji since I write college documents Additionally, what do
- How to use こっち、そっち、あっち and どっち
First of all, those are the colloquial forms of こちら、そちら、あちら and どちら, respectively Formal or informal, each pair has exactly the same range of meanings こっち = this one, this side, this way, over here, I, me, etc そっち = that one, that side, that way, over there, you, y'all, etc
- word choice - この vs こちら こっち? Help me please! - Japanese Language Stack . . .
Also こちら can also refer to place location, "here", as in someone can tell you こちらへどうぞ (This way, please), but yeah, in most cases it refers to persons and it's a more polite to address someone, like when you introduce them
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