which
US /wɪtʃ/
UK /wɪtʃ/
限定詞
どの
asking for information specifying one or more people or things from a definite set
例:
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Which book do you want?
どの本が欲しいですか？
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Which way should we go?
どちらの道を行けばいいですか？
代名詞
1.
どちら, どれ
referring to a choice between two or more alternatives
例:
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Which of these colors do you prefer?
これらの色のうち、どちらが好きですか？
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He asked which way was best.
彼はどちらの道が一番良いか尋ねた。
2.
～で, ～のこと
used to introduce a non-restrictive relative clause
例:
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The car, which was red, sped down the road.
その車は、赤色で、道を疾走した。
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He gave me a gift, which was very kind of him.
彼は私に贈り物をくれたが、それは彼にとってとても親切なことだった。
関連語:
know which side your bread is buttered on a straw will show which way the wind blows everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through