あれ

huh?

N5 #2,481

Also a form of

Meanings

あれ · あれっ · あれえ · あれー · あり

  1. interjection, indicates surprise, suspicion, etc. huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!; listen!
  2. used by women help!
  1. pronoun, usually in kana, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly that; that thing
  2. usually in kana, used to refer to one's equals or inferiors that person
  3. usually in kana then; that time
  4. usually in kana that place (over there)
  5. noun, colloquial, euphemistic, usually in kana, oft. written as アレ down there (i.e. one's genitals)
  6. colloquial, euphemistic, usually in kana, oft. written as アレ period; menses
  1. expression, usually in kana, dated, imperative form of ある let there be ...; may it be ...
  2. auxiliary, usually in kana, dated, after a verb stem or verbal noun prefixed with the honorific 御 please do ...

In sentences

ありが好すき。 I like ants. #11068877

ありが砂糖さとうにたかっている。 Ants are swarming around the sugar. #229994

意志いしある所ところに道みちあり。 Where there's a will, there's a way. #191063

意志いしのあるところに道みちあり。 Where there's a will, there's a way. #191060

貸かし間まあり。 Room for rent. #137886

地獄じごく極楽ごくらくは心こころにあり。 Heaven and hell exist in the hearts of man. #370861

真相しんそうは井戸いどの底そこにあり探さぐりにくい。 Truth is difficult to find at the bottom of a well. #144970

猫ねこに九生きゅうしょうあり。 A cat has nine lives. #121984