I Love Kanjiあちら (achira)
あちら is a Japanese pronoun meaning “that way; that direction”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あちら
- Romaji
- achira
- Word class
- Pronoun
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- that way; that direction; over there; yonder · pronoun · usually written in kana · direction distant from both speaker and listener
- that (one) · pronoun · usually written in kana · something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener
- that person · pronoun · usually written in kana · someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener. あちら is polite
- there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) · pronoun · usually written in kana · place distant from both speaker and listener
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1483185 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.