あれ

Japanese

Etymology 1

The long form of a. Compound of a and suffix re.

Alternative forms

• 吾

Pronunciation

• IPA: [are]

Pronoun

あれ (kanji 我, romaji are)

1. (archaic) first-person personal pronoun; I, me
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 5, poem #808)

     多都乃麻乎 阿礼波毛等米牟 阿遠尓与志 奈良乃美夜古迩 許牟比等乃多仁

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3361)

     安思我良能 乎弖毛許乃母尓 佐須和奈乃 可奈流麻之豆美 許呂安礼比毛等久

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 15, poem #3585)

     和伎母故我 之多尓毛伎余等 於久理多流 許呂母能比毛乎 安礼等可米也母

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 17, poem #3932)

     須麻比等乃 海辺都祢佐良受 夜久之保能 可良吉恋乎母 安礼波須流香物

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 18, poem #4058)

     多知婆奈能 登乎能多知婆奈 夜都代尓母 安礼波和須礼自 許乃多知婆奈乎

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4298)

     霜上尓 安良礼多婆之里 伊夜麻之尓 安礼波麻為許牟 年緒奈我久 _古今未詳

   • c. 1001–1014: Genji Monogatari (Yume no Ukihashi)

     [...]と、聞こえ動かして、几帳のもとに、おし寄せたてまつりたれば、あれにもあらず、居給へるけはい[...]

Etymology 2

From older kare > are.

Pronoun

あれ (kanji 彼れ, romaji are)

1. (deictically) that one over there (far from the speaker and the addressee)
2. (anaphorically) that one we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know)

Alternative forms

• 彼

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	それ	あれ	どれ
	これら	それら	あれら	—
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
	これらの	それらの	あれらの	—
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
	こっち	そっち	あっち	どっち
Human	こいつ	そいつ	あいつ	どいつ
Manner	こう	そう	ああ**	どう
* irregular ** regular (long vowel)

Usage notes

• Indicates something far off, removed from both speaker and addressee. Contrast with sore, indicating something removed from the speaker but closer to the addressee.

Etymology 3

Interjection

あれ (romaji are)

1. expression of surprise; oh, huh

See also

• あらま (arama)
• あらら (arara)

Etymology 4

The nomalized form of the verb are-.

Noun

あれ (romaji are)

1. 荒れ: stormy weather, tempest, chaps (of skin)

References

• 1999 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man'yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240001-8:
• 2002 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man'yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240003-4:
• 2003 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240004-2:
• 1963 June 17 [c. 1001-1014], Tokuhei Yamagishi, Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 5 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0018-4: