あの人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人
ひと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "that person".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あのひと [ànóꜜhìtò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) あのひと [ànó hítóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠no̞ çi̥to̞]

Pronoun

あの人 (hiragana あのひと, rōmaji ano hito)

he, she, that person over there (third person singular)
he, she, that person both of us know (third person singular)

See also

彼 (かれ) (kare)
彼女 (かのじょ) (kanojo)

Noun

あの人 (hiragana あのひと, rōmaji ano hito)

husband, partner (of a female speaker)
Synonyms: 夫 (otto), 彼 (kare)

References

1 2 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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