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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN