JLPT N1 Advanced
彼方
Polite reference to a distant direction, place, or person; also denotes the literary ‘far beyond’.
Readings
Other forms
あっち casual
あちら様 achira-sama, very polite for people
1 Pronoun
"Over there" (Direction/Place)
Specifies a location or direction distant from both speaker and listener, serving as the formal counterpart to あそこ.
Example
A 受付 は どこ です か 。
B 彼方 に ございます 。
[A:] Where is the reception desk? [B:] It is over there.
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2 Pronoun
"That person over there" (Polite)
Functions as a respectful pronoun for a third party who is physically distant or socially distinct from the speaker.
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3 Noun
"Beyond" / "The other side" (reading: かなた)
Denotes a vast, often unreachable distance across space or time, distinctively read as かなた in this context.
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