あの

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Prefix 1.1.1 See also 1.1.2 Related terms 1.1.3 Usage notes

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Prefix

あの (kanji 彼の, romaji ano)

1. that ... over there (demonstrative, far from speaker and listener)

   あの車は緑です。

   Ano kuruma wa midori desu.

   That car over there is green.

[edit] See also

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

[edit] Related terms

• この (kono) this
• その (sono) that (near listener)
• どの (dono) which
• あれ (are) that one over there (far from speaker and listener)
• あそこ (asoko) that direction over there

[edit] Usage notes

• The hiragana spelling (あの) is preferred to the kanji spelling (彼の), which is rarely used.