"あの" meaning in Japanese

See あの in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [a̠no̞] Forms: ano [romanization]
Etymology: Originally a compound of あ (a, distal pronominal marker) + の (no, genitive particle). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|あ|の|pos1=distal pronominal marker|pos2=genitive particle|sort=あの|tr1=a|tr2=no}} あ (a, distal pronominal marker) + の (no, genitive particle) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} あの • (ano)
  1. similar to English er or umm, said when hesitating in speech
    Sense id: en-あの-ja-intj-BKF6Xtcp Categories (other): Japanese adnominals Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 46 54
  2. similar to English uh, space filler or pause during conversation
    Sense id: en-あの-ja-intj-2bpeNmno Categories (other): Japanese adnominals, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese adnominals: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ええと, えーと (ēto) (english: oh, well, er, um), この this (kono), その that (sono) (english: near listener), どの which (dono), あれ that one over there (english: are; far from speaker and listener), あそこ that direction over there (asoko)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for あの meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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