Japanese word

それら

Pronunciation

Romajisorera

Meaning

  • pronounthose

Example

それらを見てください。so re ra o mi te ku da sa i

Please look at those.

Illustration for それら (those)

More examples

机の上にある箱を見てください。それらは全部、私の物です。tsukue no ue ni a ru bako o mi te ku da sa i so re ra wa zen bu watashi no mono de su

Please look at the boxes on the desk. They all belong to me.

Core concept

Points to two or more things or people that have already been identified as a group.

Common phrases

  • それらを使うso re ra o tsuka u

    use those

  • それらについて話すso re ra ni tsu i te hana su

    talk about those

Similar words

それsore: A pronoun for a thing or group near the listener or away from the speaker.
これらkorera: A pronoun for two or more things or people near the speaker.
あれらarera: A pronoun for two or more things or people far from both speakers.

Definition in Japanese

すでに話題に出た複数の物や人を指し示す語。su de ni wa dai ni de ta fuku sū no mono ya hito o sa shi shime su go

Word origin

それら (sorera) combines それ (sore, "that") with ら (ra, a collective suffix), forming a pronoun for multiple things or people.

Usage tips

  • In conversational Japanese, それら (sorera) often sounds more formal than それ (sore) when referring to concrete things, so it appears especially often in writing.

Other meanings

  • theypronoun

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