これら

こ

れ

ら

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

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.

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Kanji

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

Related words

あれら
これら points to things near the speaker ('these'), while あれら points to things distant from both speaker and listener ('those').
それら
これら refers to things near the speaker, while それら refers to things near the listener or already mentioned.

Don't confuse with

それら
これら points to things near the speaker, while それら points to things near the listener or previously mentioned by them.
あれら
これら refers to things close to the speaker, whereas あれら refers to things distant from both speaker and listener.

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.

Etymology

Compound of これ (this) and pluralizing suffix ら.