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あそこ
あそこ
Japanese
Pronoun
あそこ (romaji asoko)
- (deictically) That place, area, or part over there. (Far from the speaker and the addressee.)
- 私の子供はあそこで遊んでいますよ。
- Watashi no kodomo wa asoko de asondeimasu yo.
- My child is playing there.
- 私の子供はあそこで遊んでいますよ。
- (deictically) That organization or team over there. (Far from the speaker and the addressee.)
- (anaphorically) That place, area, or part we both know. (Both the speaker and the addressee know.)
- (anaphorically) That organization or team we both know. (Both the speaker and the addressee know.)
- (slang) genitals
Pronunciation
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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — | |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — | |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Direction | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) | |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu) | そいつ (soitsu) | あいつ (aitsu) | どいつ (doitsu) |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) | ||||
Usage notes
- The hiragana spelling (あそこ) is preferred to the kanji spelling (彼処), which is rarely used.
- あそこ, as a meaning of place, is mostly followed by some particles with verbs as follows.
- あそこに: with verbs of movement (go, come, move, transfer, ...) or verbs of existence(be, exist, stay, ...).
- あそこへ: with verbs of movement (go, come, move, transfer, ...).
- あそこで: with the other verbs.
References
- ↑ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō