Should I write 此方 or こちら?


I wonder if it is too formal to use the kanji for such a common expression
like this. However, I like to write most Japanese words with kanji since I
write college documents.

Additionally, what do you think about using kanji this way in video subtitles?
Since I speak, if a rare kanji appears, I would pronounce it right away, thus,
what do you Japanese speakers think about it?

I also write あなた as 貴方 so much and many others. Is it too hard?




Writing something with kanji doesn't necessarily make the document more
"college worthy". I'll just say that in all the years I have been here, I
probably never saw 此方 written as such. But I have seen 貴方 quite a few times.
There is no easy way to know what word are commonly used in kana or kanji
other than read a lot in Japanese and get used to it.

If no one can read the word you write, you might get the exact opposite result
that expected by using it.

For example, Lemon (レモン) can be wrote 檸檬 but seriously, the amount of people
who know that or can read/write that word are very few.  
Same goes for spider(クモ)(蜘蛛)

