こちら
こちら · kochira · JLPT N5 · noun
person
👉 ko (this, as in kore/koko) + chira (direction) = this way, this side
Part of the ko-so-a-do set: kochira (this way), sochira (that way), achira (over there), dochira (which way). Pointing toward your own side became a polite way to say this person or us, as in kochira koso.