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JLPT N5 · Pronoun

あっち (atchi)

あっち 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
あっち
Romaji
atchi
Word class
Pronoun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. that way; that direction; over there; yonder · pronoun · usually written in kana · direction distant from both speaker and listener
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation) · pronoun · usually written in kana · place distant from both speaker and listener

Example sentences

あちらに着いたら手紙をください。
Please write to me when you get there.
Tatoeba #234350
こちらはあちらに比べれば全く原始的だった。
This was quite primitive compared to that.
Tatoeba #224158
あちらが私の待っていた人です。
That's the person I've been waiting for.
Tatoeba #234351

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.