"彼方" meaning in All languages combined

See 彼方 on Wiktionary

Pronoun [Japanese]

IPA: [ka̠na̠ta̠] Forms: 彼方 [canonical] (ruby: (), (なた)), kanata [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 彼 (ka, distal pronoun: "that one yonder", far from both speaker and listener) + な (na, old genitive / possessive marker) + た (ta, ancient morpheme indicating direction). Compare the formation of 日向 (hinata, “sunshine, a sunny place”, literally “sun's direction, sun-facing”), using the same genitive na and direction-marking ta. First attested in 883. Etymology templates: {{ja-see|あちら}}, {{compound|ja|彼|な|た|pos1=distal pronoun: "that one yonder", far from both speaker and listener|pos2=old genitive / possessive marker|pos3=ancient morpheme indicating direction|tr1=ka|tr2=na|tr3=ta}} 彼 (ka, distal pronoun: "that one yonder", far from both speaker and listener) + な (na, old genitive / possessive marker) + た (ta, ancient morpheme indicating direction) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|かなた}} 彼(か)方(なた) • (kanata)
  1. the other, the other side
    Sense id: en-彼方-ja-pron-pGBQamiC Categories (other): Japanese pronouns Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 14 37 33 15
  2. that way; over there, far away, in the distance
    Sense id: en-彼方-ja-pron-kEwxRpDw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 58 28 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 40 37 16 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 14 37 33 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 7 44 33 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 43 35 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 83 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 84 4 8
  3. he, she, it: general third-person pronoun, referring to a person or thing far from both speaker and listener
    Sense id: en-彼方-ja-pron-cj9yct0T Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 32 45 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 40 37 16 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 14 37 33 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 13 12 54 21
  4. a time removed from the present, either in the past or in the future Related terms ([pronoun] (archaic) a time far from the present): [pronoun] the distant past, [pronoun] the far-off future
    Sense id: en-彼方-ja-pron-NY1rNEsi Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 40 37 16 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 14 37 33 15 Disambiguation of '[pronoun] (archaic) a time far from the present': 1 7 29 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: ああれわわれまろ (maro) (english: are; ware), ななれなんぢましいましみましきみ (kimi), ここれ (kore), そそれ (english: so; sore), ああれかかれ (kare) (english: are), たたれなにがし (nanigashi) (english: tare), おのおのれ (onore), いづれなに (nani), ここ (koko), そこ (soko), あしこかしこ (kashiko), いづくいづこいどこどこ (doko), こちこなた (konata), そちそなた (sochi) (english: sonata), あちあなたかなた (kanata), いづちいづらいづかた (izukata), かかくかくてかう (), ささてしか (shika), いか (ika), いつ (itsu), For pronunciation and definitions of 彼方 (english: see the following entry.), 【遠】2 (ruby: (おち)), [pronoun] a distant place [archaic], 【遠】2 (ruby: (おと))
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