こちらの方がきれいだ。

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

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

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

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

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative