どれ

どれ · dore · JLPT N5 · noun

one

do-re... which note comes next? dore = which one

どれ sounds like do-re, the first two notes of the scale. It belongs to the ko-so-a-do set: これ this one, それ that one, あれ that one over there, どれ which one. The ど- start marks a question, as in どこ where and どう how.

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