何れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

何

Pronoun

何れ (hiragana どれ, romaji dore)

1. which one?

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

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

See also

• 指示代名詞 (しじだいめいし, shiji-daimeishi): demonstrative pronoun

Adverb

何れ (hiragana いずれ, romaji izure)

1. some day; one day; before long.

   何れにしても(せよ).

   いずれにしても(せよ).
   Izure ni shite mo (seyo).

   In any event; at any rate.

2. in the end, eventually

See also

• 何れも(izure mo)