あちら · あっち · あち
- pronoun, usually in kana, direction distant from both speaker and listener that way; that direction; over there; yonder
- usually in kana, something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener that (one)
- usually in kana, someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener. あちら is polite that person
- usually in kana, place distant from both speaker and listener there; over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)