どちら

どちら
which of two

Reading

Readingどちら
N5 VocabJLPT N5pron.

Meanings

  1. which of two
  1. which waypron.kanaどちら is polite
  2. which direction
  3. where
  4. which one (esp. of two alternatives)pron.kana
  5. whopron.kana

Synonyms

あちらいずれこちらそちら

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

太くても、細くても、それはどちらでも宜い。
ふとくても、ほそくても、それはどちらでもむべい。Whether it's thick or thin, either is fine.
犬と猫、どちらが好きですか?
いぬとねこ、どちらがすきですか?Which do you prefer, dogs or cats?
大きい箱と、小さい箱がありました。あなたはどちらを選びますか? 私は両方選びます。
おおきいはこと、ちいさいはこがありました。あなたはどちらをえらびますか? わたしはりょうほうえらびます。There were a big box and a small box. Which would you choose? I choose both.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0