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彼方

あちら

over there; that one (away from both speakers); that person (polite)

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Examples

  1. 受付は彼方でございます。

    うけつけはあちらでございます。

    The reception desk is over there.

  2. 彼方のお席へどうぞ。

    あちらのおせきへどうぞ。

    Please take a seat over there.

  3. 彼方が今日お世話になる担当の方です。

    あちらがきょうおせわになるたんとうのかたです。

    That is the person who will be looking after us today.

  4. この色と彼方の色、どちらがお好みですか。

    このいろとあちらのいろ、どちらがおこのみですか。

    Which do you prefer, this colour or that one?

Common patterns

彼方こちら
here and there; this way and that
彼方の方
that gentleman/lady (polite)
彼方へどうぞ
this way, please (gesturing over there)

Memory tip

This entry is the あちら reading: the polite, distal member of こちら・そちら・あちら, used for places, things and — respectfully — people. The very same kanji read かなた means "the far distance" (水平線の彼方 "beyond the horizon"), which is literary and unrelated in register, so always check which reading a text intends.

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