彼 — he, that, the

Readings

On'yomi

ヒ

Kun'yomi

かれかのか.の

Example words

• 彼らかれらthey (usually male); them
• 彼女かのじょ(1) she; her (2) her (3) girl friend; girlfriend; sweetheart
• 彼方此方あちらこちら(1) here and there (2) to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
• 彼方あちら(1) that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder (2) that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that (3) that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) (4) there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
• 彼方かなたbeyond; across; the other side; the distance
• 彼処あそこ(1) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder (2) genitals (3) that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point
• 彼のあのthat (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
• 彼あれ(1) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) (2) that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors) (3) over there (4) down there (i.e. one's genitals) (5) period; menses (6) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh? (7) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)