彼方
rarely-used kanji form
rarely-used kanji form
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: こちら・1
See also: そちら・1
See also: どちら・1
Usually written using kana alone
direction distant from both speaker and listener
that way, that direction, over there, yonder
Pronoun
Usually written using kana alone
something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener
that (one)
Pronoun
Usually written using kana alone
someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener. あちら is polite
that person, foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
See also: こちら・1
See also: そちら・1
See also: どちら・1
Usually written using kana alone
direction distant from both speaker and listener
that way, that direction, over there, yonder Pronoun
Usually written using kana alone
something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener
that (one) Pronoun
Usually written using kana alone
someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener. あちら is polite
that person, foreign country (esp. a Western nation) Your personal translations
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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
船は、水平線の彼方に消えた。
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.