Meaning of 之 in Japanese
Definition of 之
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(pn) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)
これはとても小さい本です。
This is a very small book. -
this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)
これは兄です。かっこいいですね。
This is my brother. Handsome, isn't he? -
now
今、飛行機の乗り換えだ。今まで飛行機８時間乗って、乗り換えてこれから又２時間だ。
I'm in transit between flights now. I've spent 8 hours on a plane so far, after changing planes now it's another two hours. - here
- I (me)
- certainly
- (prt) possessive particle
Words related to 之
- (exp) OK; Sure; Yessir!; Okeydokey!; Understood
- (n) kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
- exaggeration
- (n) clownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
- (n) Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
- (exp) to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers
- (exp) Where there's a will, there's a way
- (n) needle stonecrop (Sedum lineare)
- (conj) not only ... but also; also
- (n) Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)
