Pronoun See also: それ・1 See also: あれ・1 See also: どれ・1 Usually written using kana alone indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic this, this one usu. indicating someone in one's in-group this person as これから, これまで, etc. now, this point (in time) dated term here Adverb (fukushi) formal or literary term used to stress the subject of a sentence Archaism I, me