あれ (That (over there))

That (over there)

JLPT N5
Pattern

あれ (pronoun)

How it works

あれ means “that (one) over there”: something far from both speaker and listener. It can also refer to something both people know about. Before a noun use あの.

Examples

  • あれは 山田さんの 車です。That over there is Mr. Yamada's car.
  • あれは 何の ビルですか。What building is that over there?

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Further reading

Bunpro N5 · Lesson 1

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