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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

こちらこそ

N2
kochirakoso
  1. it is I who should say so
expression

Chinese meanings

我才是;彼此彼此

Examples

  • 「ごめんね」「こちらこそ、ごめんね」
    "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, too."
    “对不起。”“我才该说对不起。”
  • こちらこそ、はじめまして。
    Nice to meet you too.
    我也很高兴初次见面。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e874aef53b'); // こちらこそ
{
  "id": "e874aef53b",
  "word": "こちらこそ",
  "reading": "こちらこそ",
  "romaji": "kochirakoso",
  "meanings": [
    "it is I who should say so"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "exp"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1004510,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "「ごめんね」「こちらこそ、ごめんね」",
      "en": "\"I'm sorry.\" \"I'm sorry, too.\"",
      "tatoeba_id": 12817091
    },
    {
      "ja": "こちらこそ、はじめまして。",
      "en": "Nice to meet you too.",
      "tatoeba_id": 11021618
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "340bbef3e498749ed2c92bf925c9ec837f15d815af39cd516c5851c9c90fc1a7",
    "meanings": [
      "我才是",
      "彼此彼此"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "「ごめんね」「こちらこそ、ごめんね」",
        "zh": "“对不起。”“我才该说对不起。”"
      },
      {
        "ja": "こちらこそ、はじめまして。",
        "zh": "我也很高兴初次见面。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e874aef53b",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1004510; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e43578424a1a4f9824a12710cf8fa97876ea7fbe9adadf3b6b82ebba8108c5c8"
  }
}