こちら、あちら、そちら、どちら vs こなた、そなた、あなた、あちら

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1. > How are they different?

   どなた is “which one”

   こなた is “*this* way (here)” (near the speaker)

   There is no そなた. そちら is “*that* (one)” / “that person” (distant from the speaker)

   Just look up each on jisho; it’s pretty self explanatory.

2. そなた is like, in JRPGs I think

3. こなた and そなた are not really used from what i can tell, they sound archaic, あなた as well (that particular anata, there’s two: 貴方＝あなた and 彼方＝あなた are not the same thing)

   if interested here’s all the kanji for them

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   |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
   | |あ|そ|こ|ど|
   |の|彼の|其の|此の|何の|
   |れ|彼れ|其れ|此れ|何れ|
   |そこ|彼処|其処|此処|何処|
   |ちら|彼方|其方|此方|何方|
   |なた|彼方|其方|此方|何方|
   |う|ああ|然う|斯う|如何|
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