Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 此れ – see the following entry.
これ
[pronoun] this
[pronoun] (deictically) this one (near the speaker)
[pronoun] (anaphorically) this one I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
[pronoun] (archaic) I; me
[pronoun] (archaic) you
[pronoun] (literary, calque of Literary Chinese , , , etc.) Repeats the topic with a correct case marker to avoid any misunderstanding if it is not a subject.
Alternative spellings
, , ,
(This term, 此れ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)