TAKOBOTO

Japanese dictionary & Nihongo study tool.

Search a Japanese or English word using kanji, kana or romaji:

彼ら, 彼等, かれら

Pronoun, usu. in ref. to males or a mixed-sex group

they, them

間もなく彼らは結婚します。

あれら, 彼等, 彼ら

Pronoun, See あれ・1, Usually in kana, indicating things distant from both speaker and listener, or things understood without naming them directly

1. those, they

Archaism, used to refer to one's equals or inferiors

2. they (of people)

は

Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese

1. indicates sentence topic

2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)

3. adds emphasis

やはり, 矢張り

Adverb, See やっぱり・1, Usually in kana

1. as expected, sure enough, just as one thought

See やっぱり・2

2. after all (is said and done), in the end, as one would expect, in any case

See やっぱり・3

3. too, also, as well, likewise, (not) either

See やっぱり・4

4. still, as before

See やっぱり・5

5. all the same, even so, nonetheless

彼は頭がよいがやはり嫌いだ。