Word | Reading | Meaning |
彼ら | かれら | they (usually male), them |
彼女 | かのじょ | she, her; girl friend, girlfriend, sweetheart |
彼岸 | ひがん | equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana |
彼方 | かなた, あなた | beyond, across, the other side, the distance |
彼方 | あちら, あっち, あち | that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener), over there, yonder; that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener), that; that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener); there (place distant from both speaker and listener), over there, foreign country (esp. a Western nation) |
彼氏 | かれし | boyfriend |
彼 | あれ, あ | that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); over there; down there (i.e. one's genitals); period, menses; hey (expression of surprise or suspicion), eh?; that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time) |
彼 | かれ | he, him; boyfriend |
彼の | あの, かの | that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener) |
彼なり | かれなり | his way, peculiar to him |