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► 代名詞
あちら  [(3)あちら]  [coll]  [polite]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ あちらのはずっとくなります ⇨ That item costs a lot more  (☛ Away from both 1st and 2nd parties)
☆ あちらのはどなたですか? ⇨ Who is that person over there?  (☛ Away from both 1st and 2nd parties)
☆ あちらはどうでしょうか? ⇨ How do you like that one over there?  (☛ Away from both 1st and 2nd parties)

あっち  [(3)あっち]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ あっちのほうがいい ⇨ That one over there is better  (☛ Away from both 1st and 2nd parties)

あれ  [(2)あれ]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ あれくらいくなるにはどれだけ練習しなくちゃいけなんだろう? ⇨ How much practice does it take to be that good?
☆ あれだけ注意してもかないんだからどうしようもない ⇨ I warned him that much and he still doesn’t listen, so there is else I can do
☆ あれはかなりのことだ ⇨ That was a while ago
☆ あれ? ⇨ What is that over there?  (☛ Something that is away from both the speaker and the listener)
☆ どれ?あれ ⇨ Which one? That one over there  (☛ Something that is away from both the speaker and the listener)

其処  [(2)そこ]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ そこが弱点だ ⇨ That’s the weakness of the enemy
☆ そこがからない ⇨ That’s what I don’t really understand
☆ はそこまでバカではない ⇨ He is not that stupid

そちら  [そちら]  [coll]  [polite]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ そちらはもうくなります ⇨ That one costs a little more

そっち  [(3)そっち]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ そっちのほうがいい ⇨ The one by you, you have, is better  (☛ Away from both 1st party, close to 2nd party)

それ  [(2)それ]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ それどういう意味? ⇨ What does that supposed to mean?
☆ それはあなたのいでしょう ⇨ That’s your misunderstanding
☆ それ以外他にどうしようもないじゃない ⇨ Other than that, there is nothing else we can do
☆ それはあなたの携帯ですか? ⇨ Is that your cell phone?  (☛ Something that is away from the speaker but close to the listener)
☆ どれ?それ ⇨ Which one? That one  (☛ Something that is away from the speaker but close to the listener)

そいつ  [そいつ]  [coll]  [contempt]  [男]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ そいつはどいつだ? ⇨ Who is that?

そいつ  [そいつ]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ そいつはまずい ⇨ (Of a situation) That’s not good

► 副詞
ああ  [ああ]  [coll]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ ああやってらしていければいいだろうな ⇨ I wish I could live doing something like that
☆ うちのはああせいこうせいとうるさい ⇨ My parents nag me to do that and do this
☆ 修理代がああいとはわなかった ⇨ I didn’t expect the repair would cost that much
☆ になってああしておけばかったと後悔したくない ⇨ I don’t want to regret later like I should’ve done that

► 成句
ありゃ  [ありゃ]  [あれ+は]  [coll]    meaning:  that  rank: 3
☆ ありゃ一体何だ? ⇨ What in the world is that?

そりゃ  [そりゃ]  [それ+は]  [coll]    meaning:  that  rank: 3
☆ だ、そりゃ? ⇨ What the hell is that? What the hell are you talking about?

► 名詞
  [(2)こと]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ もうにはわない事にした ⇨ I decided that I wouldn’t see him again  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ それはやってやれない事はない ⇨ It is not that it is impossible to do it, if you really try  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”. Note the example does NOT mean “nothing is impossible”)

  [(2)もの]  [liter]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ 一体どうしたものだろう ⇨ I wonder what I should do  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ はその経験から学んだものとえて、二間違いをさなかった ⇨ It seems that he had learned from that experience, and he has never made the same mistake again  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 権利放棄したものとしてわれた ⇨ It was regarded that he had forfeited his rights  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ てられたタバコ吸殻から引火したものとわれる ⇨ It is believed that the fire started from a cigarette butt thrown out  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 皆物理学基礎知識があるものとして授業めます ⇨ I do my lecture on an assumption that all of you have the basic knowledge of physics  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 返答をしない場合同意したものと見做される ⇨ If you do not respond it will be regarded that you have agreed  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)

  [(2)もの]  [物ではない]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ 本当意図かわかった物じゃない ⇨ You never know what his true intentions are  (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)

もん  [(1)もん]  [そんなもん]  [物(もの)]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ そんなもんこっちの知ったことじゃない ⇨ That is not something I should know. That is not my problem  (☛ A colloquial form of もの)
☆ そんなもんでも出来る ⇨ Anybody can do something like that  (☛ A colloquial form of もの)

  [(2)ほど]  [~の程]  [liter]    meaning:  that  rank: 3
☆ 様々企画予定しておりますので、御期待の程 ⇨ We are planning many attractions, so please stay tuned
☆ 御協力の程、御願げます ⇨ Please cooperate with us. Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated  (☛ Only serves to add politeness, and has no concrete, translatable meaning)

► 接続詞
そりゃ  [そりゃ]  [それ+は]  [coll]    meaning:  that  rank: 3
☆ そりゃいかん ⇨ That’s not good. That ain’t work

► 連体詞
あの  [(2)あの]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ はあのそれをらなかった ⇨ I didn’t know that at that time
☆ あの人誰? ⇨ Who is that (over there)?  (☛ Away from everybody)

あの  [(2)あの]  [あの様]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ あのなやり成功しない ⇨ That kind of way won’t work
☆ あの時代はもうわった ⇨ The time like that is gone for good

其の  [(2)その]    meaning:  that  rank: 1
☆ その不審わなかった ⇨ Nobody suspected anything at that time
☆ そのサンドイッチには入ってるの? ⇨ What is in that sandwich?  (☛ Away from 1st person but close to 2nd person)
☆ そのはどうもおかしい ⇨ There is something wrong with that story  (☛ Something 2nd person brought up)

例の  [(1)れいの]  [coll]    meaning:  that  rank: 2
☆ 例のはどうなった? ⇨ So what has happened to that case?
☆ 例のだけどさ… ⇨ Hey, about that deal…