JLPT N5 · pre-noun adjectival

あの (ano)

あの is a Japanese pre-noun adjectival meaning “that; those”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あの
Romaji
ano
Word class
pre-noun adjectival
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. that; those; the · pre-noun adjectival · usually written in kana · someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener

Example sentences

あのおいしいワインをなぜ飲まないんだい。
Why not try that delicious wine?

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1000420 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.