彼ら

Japanese

Kanji in this term
彼
かれ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
彼等

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かれら [káꜜrèrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ɾa̠]

Pronoun

彼(かれ)ら • (karera)

(literary) they
彼(かれ)らは車(くるま)から離(はな)れた。
Karera wa kuruma kara hanareta.
They got away from the car.

Coordinate terms

(gender): 彼女等(かのじょら) (kanojora, “exclusively female they”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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