この女の子達のほうが、きのう会った子たちよりかわいらしい。

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

function; facility; faculty; feature

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

lovely; sweet