How to Say ‘Here it is.’ in Japanese
こちらです。
kochira desu
[koh-chee-rah dess]
💬 Usage Tip: [こちらです] is a polite, natural way to hand something over or point it out: "here it is" or "this one." [こちら] is more polite than [これ] in service situations.
Phrase Breakdown
こちら
kochira
[koh-chee-rah]
this; this one; here
A polite demonstrative used when presenting something nearby.
在留カードはこちらです。
Here is the residence card.
です
desu
[dess]
is; am; polite sentence ending
A polite copula often used to make statements sound formal.
こちらです。
Here it is.
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