アレ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of アレ – see the following entry.

【あれ】 [pronoun] distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon [pronoun] (deictically) that one over there (far from the speaker and the addressee) [pronoun] (anaphorically) that one we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know) [pronoun] (chiefly derogatory) third-person personal pronoun: he, she, that person [pronoun] you-know-what; a thing whose name the speaker does not want to mention [pronoun] sex [pronoun] cockroach [pronoun] (archaic) second-person pronoun: you Alternative spellings 彼, 彼れ 【あれ】 [adjective] あれ, アレ: (informal, euphemistic) "you know what I mean" 【あれ】 [interjection] huh? (expression of surprise and confusion when talking to yourself) [pronoun] (obsolete) first-person personal pronoun: I, me [verb] (Classical Japanese, literary) imperative of あり (ari, “to exist”); (modern language) imperative of ある (aru, “to exist”) Alternative spellings 彼, 彼れ, 吾, 我, 有れ, 在れ

(This term, アレ (are), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)