Dictionary🇯🇵 Japanese → 🇺🇸 English
あれ
are
Description
「あれ」は、自分からも相手からも遠い物や人を指すときに使う言葉です。
"あれ" is a word used to refer to things or people that are far from both oneself and the other person.
また、びっくりしたときや、何かがおかしいと思ったときにも「あれ？」と言います。
Also, when surprised or when something seems strange, people say "あれ?".
Meanings
あれare
that thing over there (far from both speakers)
あれは何ですか。
What is that?
あれare
that (thing both people already know about)
あれ、どうなった？
What happened to that?
あれare
huh?, oh? (surprise or confusion)
あれ、かぎがない。
Hey, the key is missing.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
あれ points to something distant from both speaker and listener, unlike これ (near me) or それ (near you).
- Nuance
Spoken as あれ？ with rising tone, it expresses surprise or that something seems wrong.
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