あそこ
あそこ
hepburn asoko
over there (far)
Part of speech · pronoun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- あそこに駅があります。There is a station over there.
- あそこで待ってください。Please wait over there.
Collocations
あそこ (asoko, over there)ここ (koko, here)そこ (soko, there)どこ (doko, where)こそあど (kosoado, demonstrative system)
Mnemonic
Asoko (あそこ) is "over there" — far from speaker and listener. Kosoado four-way: koko (near speaker), soko (near listener), asoko (far from both), doko (interrogative). The ko-so-a-do prefix extends across pronouns, adjectives, adverbs. Yamato-kotoba. Korean shares four-way (yeogi, geogi, jeogi, eodi); Chinese keeps three (zheli, nali). JLPT N5 core grammar.
Quick check
Kosoado four-way?