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あちら
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word あちら.
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Entry
1
Direction distant from both speaker and listener
that way; that direction; over there; yonder
Examples
あちらに着いたら手紙をください。
Please write to me when you get there.
2
Something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener
that (one)
Examples
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.
3
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
Examples
あちらが私の待っていた人です。
That's the person I've been waiting for.
4
Place distant from both speaker and listener
there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)
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