こちらこそ
N2 kochirakoso
- 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"
}
}