この方

このほう

Also written 此の方

Meanings

1. Pronoun this; this one; this way
2. I; we (used when talking with people of lower status) See also: その方 (そのかた).

Kanji

• 方 direction. Read as ホウ.

Example sentences

• 生まれてこの方そんな話は聞いたことがない。
  I've never heard such a story all my life.
• 私は生まれてこの方同じ隣人で、この一画に住んでいます。
  I have lived on this block, and next to the same neighbor, all my life.

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