Japanese Demonstratives: これ (Kore) • それ (Sore) • あれ (Are) • どれ (Dore) これ, それ, あれ, and どれ are a set of こそあど言葉 (ko-so-a-do words) They are equivalent to "this one," "that one," and "that one over there" in English どれ is a question word to ask "Which one?" out of three or more choices
これ - Wiktionary, the free dictionary これ • (kore) this Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) こい (deictically) this one (near the speaker) (anaphorically) this one I am talking about (only the speaker knows) (archaic) I; me (archaic) you
JLPT N5 Grammar: これ それ あれ (kore sore are) - Learn Japanese Free + “これ”- This: Used to refer to things that are far from the listener but close to the speaker + “それ”- That: Used to refer to things that are close to the listener but far away from the speaker