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中称 (chuushou) Japanese meaning: mesioproximal pronoun | Kotomora
じ 字
Kanji 称 appellation, praise, admire Related words 近きん 称しょう Refers to things near the speaker (e.g., これ, ここ). 中称 refers to things near the listener.
遠えん 称しょう Refers to things far from both speaker and listener (e.g., あれ, あそこ). 中称 is intermediate in distance.
不ふ 定てい 称しょう Refers to indefinite demonstratives (e.g., どれ, どこ). 中称 is a specific deictic category.
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別べつ
が
ある
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Japanese demonstratives have a distinction between proximal, mesioproximal, and distal.
"Sore" is a mesioproximal demonstrative.
Etymology Compound of 中 (middle) and 称 (name, designation), referring to the medial deictic category.
