あれ
あれ
hepburn are
that (over there, far)
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- あれは富士山ですか。Is that (over there) Mt. Fuji?
- あれ、鍵がない。Huh? My key's gone.
Collocations
あれは (are wa, that over there-topic)あれを (are wo, that-object)あの (ano, that+noun far)あれ? (are?, interjection: "huh?")あれこれ (arekore, this and that)
Mnemonic
あれ are — あ-branch of kosoado. Refers to objects far from both speaker and listener, OR shared memory between them ("that thing we both know about"). Identical spelling also works as the interjection あれ? = "huh?" of surprise — direct parallel to English "huh?".
Quick check
"あれ、財布がない" — what does the first word mean?