彼方

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
彼 方
あ
Grade: S		 ちら
Grade: 2
kun’yomi Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓); borrowed from Chinese 彼 + 方.

Pronoun

彼方 (hiragana あちら, rōmaji achira)

  1. that way; that over there, far away, in the distance
Usage notes
  • The hiragana spelling (あちら) is preferred to the kanji spelling (彼方), which is rarely used.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
彼 方
Grade: S Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronoun

彼方 (hiragana かなた, rōmaji kanata)

  1. the other, the other side
    彼方 (かなた)の神 (かみ)、クルフィックス
    Kanata no Kami, Kurufikkusu
    Kruphix, God of Horizons
  2. that way; over there, far away, in the distance
Alternative forms

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
彼 方
あ
Grade: S		 なた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi Irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 彼方 – see the following entry at あなた.
あなた【貴方・彼方・貴女・貴男】
[pronoun]貴方, 彼方: (uncommon) that person (far from both speaker and listener)
[pronoun]彼方: (uncommon) that direction, that side, that place (far from both speaker and listener)
(This term, 彼方, is a kanji spelling of あなた.)

See also
Japanese demonstratives
ko-
“this”
(close to speaker)		 so-
“that”
(close to listener)		 a-
“that over there”
(far from both)		 do-
“which”
(indeterminate, question)
Object これ (kore) それ (sore) あれ (are) どれ (dore)
これら (korera) それら (sorera) あれら (arera) —
Determiner この (kono) その (sono) あの (ano) どの (dono)
これらの (korera no) それらの (sorera no) あれらの (arera no) —
Kind こんな (konna) そんな (sonna) あんな (anna) どんな (donna)
Place ここ (koko) そこ (soko) あそこ (asoko)* どこ (doko)
Direction こちら (kochira) そちら (sochira) あちら (achira) どちら (dochira)
こっち (kotchi) そっち (sotchi) あっち (atchi) どっち (dotchi)
Human こいつ (koitsu) そいつ (soitsu) あいつ (aitsu) どいつ (doitsu)
Manner こう (kō) そう (sō) ああ (ā)** どう (dō)
* irregular
** regular (long vowel)
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