こなた

See also: こなだ

JapaneseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative spelling
此方

From (ko, this) +‎ (na, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ (ta, direction, side).

PronounEdit

こなた (konata

  1. (archaic) this way, here
  2. (archaic) the person in question, he, she, him, her
  3. (archaic) since (a time in the past), prior to (a time in the future)
  4. (archaic) first-person pronoun: I, me, we, us
  5. (archaic) second-person pronoun: you
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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Proper nounEdit

こなた (Konata

  1. 小向: a surname

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN