Vocabulary

What does そちら (sochira) mean?

そちら means that way, there (polite).

Quick facts
Readingそちら
Romajisochira
Part of speechpronoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
そちら
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsochira

that way, there (polite)

  1. 1pronoun that way; that direction
  2. 2pronoun there
  3. 3pronoun that (one)
  4. 4pronoun you; your family; your company
  5. 5pronoun that person

Example sentences

  • Please go that way.

  • Are you Mr./Ms. Tanaka?

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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