この方ほう

pronoun

this; this one; this way

Polite demonstrative pronoun referring to a person, object, or direction near the speaker. Often used to refer to a person respectfully, similar to こちら.

• この方ほうが私わたしの母ははです。

  This is my mother.

• この方ほうへどうぞ。

  Please come this way.

pronoun

I; we

Archaic male first-person pronoun used when speaking to someone of lower status. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or dramatic contexts.

See also: その方

• 「この方ほうが申もうすことに間ま違ちがいはない」と、侍さむらいは低ひくい身み分ぶんの者ものに言いった。

  "There is no mistake in what I say," the samurai said to the person of lower status.