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これら Japanese meaning | Kotomora

これら

こ

れ

ら

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

pronoun

usually written using kana alone

Plural demonstrative pronoun referring to things near the speaker or just mentioned. Used for multiple items or abstract groups.

これらの本ほんは図と書しょ館かんで借かりました。
I borrowed these books from the library.
これらが私

わたし

の

提てい

案あん

です

。

These are my proposals.

Written forms

これ等ら
Kanji form with 等; rare in modern writing.
此これ等ら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 此; it is rarely used.
是これ等ら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 是; it is rarely used.
之これ等ら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 之; it is rarely used.
此これ等ら
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form with okurigana; it is rarely used.

Kanji

等etc., and so forth, class (first)
此this, current, next
是just so, this, right
之

Similar words

これ
これ is singular 'this'; これら is plural 'these'.
それら
それら is 'those' (near the listener), while これら is 'these' (near the speaker).
あれら
あれら is 'those over there' (distant from both speaker and listener); これら is proximal.

Etymology

Compound of これ (this) and pluralizing suffix ら.

of, this