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JLPT N5 · Pronoun

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

  1. 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
  2. that person · pronoun · usually written in kana · used to refer to one's equals or inferiors
  3. then; that time · pronoun · usually written in kana
  4. that place (over there) · pronoun · usually written in kana
  5. down there (i.e. one's genitals) · noun · colloquial, euph, usually written in kana · oft. written as アレ

Example sentences

あれがこの町の大通りだ。
That is the main street of this city.
Tatoeba #229770
あれなら絶対大丈夫！
Yeah, she must be the sure thing!
Tatoeba #229746
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.
Tatoeba #213801

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.