GrammarJLPT N5
that (near listener)
Pronoun

Also written as 其れ

Definitions

  1. 1. that
  2. 2. it
  3. 3. then
  4. 4. there
A demonstrative pronoun used to refer to something close to the listener but away from the speaker, equivalent to "that" or "that one" in English. It is one of a set of three distance-based demonstratives in Japanese.

Grammar

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Example sentences

Initial · simple i+1

That's it!

Sentence 1

Wait, that's not mine!

Sentence 2

So don't forget that.

Sentence 3

Yeah, that works.

Sentence 4

Oh, that — got it.

Sentence 5

He said it's fine, don't worry.