In Japanese, korya, sorya, arya こりゃ, そりゃ, ありゃ are contractions of kore, sore, are これ, それ, あれ marked as the topic by the wa は particle.

For example: nanda korya なんだこりゃ means the same thing as nanda kore wa なんだこれは, "what is this?!" See also: nani kore なにこれ and emotive right-dislocation.

Interrogative pronouns, like dore どれ, can't be marked as the topic, so there's no contraction for dore wa どれは. However, the word dorya どりゃ does exist, and it does come from dore どれ, but its usage is different.

The word dorya is used to say "how do you like that!" when someone just did something, or will do something. In anime, it's generally used after a character attacks another, and then it's translated as "take that!" or something similar.

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In Japanese, nani kore なにこれ means literally "what is this?" However, being an instance of emotive right-dislocation, the phrase isn't used when someone is actually asking "what" this is, it's used to express shock, surprise, or disgust about something, like "what the...?" in English.

More technically, nani, "what, kore, "this," is a dislocation of kore nani これなに, which is a null-marked kore wa nani これはなに, which is a casual variant of kore wa nandesu ka? これはなんですか？ which does actually mean "what is this?" in Japanese.

It's also spelled nani kore 何これ. Variants include nanda kore なんだこれ, nanda yo kore なんだよこれ, nandesu ka kore wa なんですかこれは, nanda korya なんだこりゃ, and so on.

In Japanese, kono hito, sono hito, ano hito この人, その人, あの人 mean literally "this person," "that person (near you)," and "that person (far from you)" respectively.

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  • なんだこの人？！

In Japanese, the phrases kono ko, sono ko, ano ko この子, その子, あの子 are used to refer to children, or to people the same age or younger than the speaker, or even to animals.

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In Japanese, kono yarou この野郎 means basically "this bastard." Most of the time it's used when a character is swearing and angry at what another character did, but it can also be used when a character is surprised and in disbelief or shock, too.

Grammatically, it's the pronoun kono この, "this," plus the word yarou 野郎, which just really means "guy," but since it's often used in swearing, it's often gets translated as "bastard" instead. See: swearing with kono for details.

• ii kagen ni shi-yagare,
  いい加減にしやがれ、
  
  • [That's enough],
  • [Stop that],
  • [Cut it off],
• kono yarou!!!
  この野郎！！！
  [You bastard]!!!

In anime, sometimes you have a character swearing in Japanese saying something like kono...! something. Like kono yarou!, kono baka yarou!, kono baka!, kono aho! Well. Anyway, it starts with kono この, which means "this," but it often gets translated as "you." In this post I'll explain why.

• How It Works
  • Thinking vs. Saying
• Examples
  • Ko...no... こ…の…
  • Kono Onna この女
  • Kono Yarou この野郎
    • Kono Something Yarou この〇〇野郎
  • Kono Yaku Tatazu この役立たず
  • More Examples

In Japanese, the phrase kono ore da! この俺だ！ translates literally to "it's this me!" But that sounds weird in English. So, in this post, I'll explain what kono ore means and how it works.

• How It Works
• Hint of Self-Importance
• Kono Ore, Kono Watashi, Kono Boku
• Examples
  • Kono Ore Da この俺だ
  • Kono Ore Ga この俺が
  • Kono Ore Yori この俺より
  • Kono Ore-sama この俺様
  • Kono Boku この僕
  • Kono Watashi この私
  • Kono Watakushi このワタクシ
  • Kono (Insert Name Here)

In Japanese, kono mama, sono mama, ano mama このまま, そのまま, あのまま mean the way something is right now, used to refer to things that have continued "this way" or "that way" for a while, often in the sense of "the way things are right now is bad." For example:

• kono mama ja minna ga shinjau!
  このままじゃみんなが死んじゃう！
  If [things] continue this way, everybody will die!
  (contraction of shinde-shimau 死んでしまう.)
  
  • We must do something! We need to change the way things are right now!
• zutto kono mama de ii
  ずっとこのままでいい
  [It] would be good [if] [things] forever continued this way.
  • I wish things would stay like this forever, unchanged.

These phrases use the demonstrative pronouns kono, sono, ano この, その, あの combined with the noun mama まま.

See the article about mama まま for details on grammar.

For reference, some usage examples:

• kono mama ja...!
  このままじゃ･･･！
  The way things are right now...!
  (incomplete sentence, typically means something bad will happen.)
• dame da, kono mama ja
  ダメだ、このままじゃ
  [It] is no good, the way things are right now.
  (dislocation.)
  • kono mama ja dame da
    このままじゃダメだ
    The way things are right now is no good.
    • It won't work. It can't go on like this. We must fix it and make it good somehow.
• kore wo sono mama taberu to oishikunai
  それをそのまま食べると美味しくない
  If [you] eat this that way, [it] isn't tasty.
  • If you eat it the way it is, without some preparation or processing first, it isn't tasty, i.e. it's a raw ingredient, and you have to cook it first.
• sono mama ugokanaide kudasai
  そのまま動かないでください
  That way, please don't move.
  • Stay the way you are right now. Don't change pose. E.g. when taking a photo.
• ano mama hotte-okenai
  あのままほっておけない
  [I] can't leave [it] that way.
  
  • I have to, or had to, do something. I just couldn't ignore it.

In Japanese, "Kosoado Words," Kosoado Kotoba こそあど言葉, or even "Kosoado Pronouns," are the words start with ko, so, a, do こそあど, like kore, kono, koko, kou, konna, kocchi, and are used as demonstrative and interrogative pronouns.

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• Prefixes
  
  • ko こ
  • so そ
  • a あ
  • do ど
    
    • Questions
    • Do... demo ii

In Japanese, koitsu, soitsu, aitsu, doitsu こいつ, そいつ, あいつ, どいつ mean "this one," "that one (near you)," "that one (far from us)," "which one?" They're kosoado words that refer to individual items, and, sometimes, to people.

These words have nothing to do with itsu 何時, which means "when," or itsuka 何時か, "sometime."

In Japanese, kou, sou, aa, dou こう, そう, ああ, どう mean "this manner," "that manner (near you)," "that manner (far from us)," and "what manner?" They're kosoado words referring to manner.

In Japanese, konna, sonna, anna, donna こんな, そんな, あんな, どんな mean "like this [thing]," "like that [thing] (near you)," "like that [thing] (far from us)," and "like what [thing]?" They're kosoado words referring to how things are, or the appearance of things.

In Japanese, kocchi, socchi, acchi, docchi こっち, そっち, あっち, どっち mean "this way (toward me)," "that way (toward you)," "that way (away from us)," and "what way?" respectively. They're kosoado words related to direction, but they can also refer to sides, choices, and people.

The words kochira, sochira, achira, dochira こちら, そちら, あちら, どちら work the same way in some cases, but they're considered to be more polite.

In Japanese, kono, sono, ano, dono この, その, あの, どの mean "this," "that," and "what." They're kosoado words very much like kore, sore, are, dore これ, それ, あれ, どれ, except they're used as adjectives instead of as nouns.

The words sono その and ano あの are also interjections. The word dono どの after someone's name is the honorific dono 殿.

In Japanese, kore, sore, are, dore これ, それ, あれ, どれ mean "this thing (near me)," "that thing (near you)," "that thing (away from us)," and "what thing?" They're kosoado words that refer to things in general.

Sometimes, are? あれ？ is an interjection of doubt: "huh?"

In Japanese, kochira, sochira, achira, dochira こちら, そちら, あちら, どちら mean "this way (toward me)," "that way (toward you)," "that way (away from us)," and "what way?" respectively. They're kosoado words related to direction, but they can also refer to sides, choices, and people.

The words kocchi, socchi, acchi, docchi こっち, そっち, あっち, どっち are abbreviations of kochira, sochira, achira, dochira. They're used the same way in some cases, but they aren't considered as polite.

In Japanese, konata, sonata, anata, donata こなた, そなた, あなた, どなた are kosoado words related to direction, and then to person. They're a bit odd, because donata means "who," anata あなた is one of the various way to say "you" in Japanese, and the rest is archaic.

In various ways, they're similar to the words kochira, sochira, achira and dochira.

In Japanese, koko, soko, asoko, doko ここ, そこ, あそこ, どこ mean "here," "there (near you)," "over there (not near you)," and "where?" They are kosoado words related to place.