► 代名詞
あちら [(3)あちら] [coll] [polite] meaning: that rank: 1
☆ あちらの品はずっと高くなります ⇨ That item costs a lot more (☛ Away from both 1st and 2nd parties)
☆ あちらの方はどなたですか？ ⇨ 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
☆ あれくらい旨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聞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
☆ あれはかなり前のことだ ⇨ That was a while ago
☆ あれ何？ ⇨ 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
☆ そこが敵の弱点だ ⇨ That’s the weakness of the enemy
☆ そこが良く分からない ⇨ That’s what I don’t really understand
☆ 彼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
☆ そちらはもう少し高くなります ⇨ 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?
☆ それはあなたの思い違いでしょう ⇨ 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
► 名詞
事 [(2)こと] meaning: that rank: 1
☆ もう彼には会わない事にした ⇨ 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”)
物 [(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”)
☆ 彼はその経験から学んだものと見えて、二度と同じ間違いを犯さなかった ⇨ It seems that he had learned from that experience, and he has never made the same mistake again (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 投げ捨てられたタバコの吸殻から引火したものと思われる ⇨ It is believed that the fire started from a cigarette butt thrown out (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 皆物理学の基礎知識があるものとして授業を進めます ⇨ I do my lecture on an assumption that all of you have the basic knowledge of physics (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
☆ 返答をしない場合は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”)
物 [(2)もの] [物ではない] meaning: that rank: 2
☆ 彼の本当の意図は何かわかった物じゃない ⇨ You never know what his true intentions are (☛ Used like a relative pronoun “that”)
程 [(2)ほど] [～の程] [liter] meaning: that rank: 3
☆ 様々な企画を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、御願い申し上げます ⇨ 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
☆ 私はあの時それを知らなかった ⇨ I didn’t know that at that time
☆ あの人誰？ ⇨ Who is that (over there)? (☛ Away from everybody)
其の [(2)その] meaning: that rank: 1
☆ その時は誰も不審に思わなかった ⇨ Nobody suspected anything at that time
☆ そのサンドイッチには何が入ってるの？ ⇨ What is in that sandwich? (☛ Away from 1st person but close to 2nd person)
☆ その話はどうもおかしい ⇨ There is something wrong with that story (☛ Something 2nd person brought up)