I Love Kanjiあれ (are)
あれ is a Japanese pronoun meaning “that; that thing”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あれ
- Romaji
- are
- Word class
- Pronoun
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- that; that thing · pronoun · usually written in kana · indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly
- that person · pronoun · usually written in kana · used to refer to one's equals or inferiors
- then; that time · pronoun · usually written in kana
- that place (over there) · pronoun · usually written in kana
- down there (i.e. one's genitals) · noun · colloquial, euph, usually written in kana · oft. written as アレ
Example sentences
そう言えば、あれから３０年以上も経つのね。
Now that you mention it, it's been more than 30 years since then.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Source: JMdict entry 1000580 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.