popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone adverb pronoun
- this and that, this or that, one thing or another, this way and that
- around, about, round about, roughly, nearly, almost
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun dated term formal or literary term adverb archaic
- this, this one
- this person
- now, this point (in time)
- here
- used to stress the subject of a sentence
- I, me
polite language pronoun
- you
honorific language pronoun
- your older sister
- you
pronoun
- honorific used in company correspondence
polite language pronoun
- you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
honorific language male term pronoun
- you
pronoun
- you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
popular rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone pronoun
- around here, hereabouts
- (around) this point, about now
honorific language noun noun (generic) polite language dated term pronoun
- your body, your health, yourself
- you