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彼方
Readings
あちら
achira
achira
あっち
acchi
acchi
あち
achi
Out-dated or obsolete kana usage
achi
Out-dated or obsolete kana usage
English
Pronoun
See also: 何方・どちら・1
See also: 此方・こちら・1
See also: 其方・1
Usually written using kana alone
that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder
Pronoun
that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that
Pronoun
あちら is polite
that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener)
Pronoun
there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
See also: 何方・どちら・1
See also: 此方・こちら・1
See also: 其方・1
Usually written using kana alone
that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder Pronoun
that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that Pronoun
あちら is polite
that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) Pronoun
there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation) Kanjis
彼 ON: ヒ KUN: かれ, かの, か.の
he, that, the
Stroke: 8 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-3-5 FC: 2424.4
方 ON: ホウ KUN: かた, -かた, -がた
direction, person, alternative
Stroke: 4 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-2-2 FC: 0022.2
he, that, the
Stroke: 8 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-3-5 FC: 2424.4
方 ON: ホウ KUN: かた, -かた, -がた
direction, person, alternative
Stroke: 4 Grade: 2 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 2-2-2 FC: 0022.2
Phrases
その船は、水平線のかなたに消えた。
The ship disappeared beyond the horizon. あちらが私の待っていた人です。
Over there is the person I've been waiting for. That's the person I've been waiting for. 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.