あそこ

あそこ
pronoun
over there
1. over there (place)
A demonstrative pronoun for a place far from both speaker and listener.
What's over there?
The bank is over there.
Let's eat over there.
That mountain you can see over there is Mt. Fuji.
That shop over there is cheap and delicious, so let's go together sometime.

あそこ refers to a place far from both the speaker and the listener. It is part of the ko-so-a-do demonstrative system for places.

DEMONSTRATIVE SERIES:

  • ここ: here (near speaker)
  • そこ: there (near listener)
  • あそこ: over there (far from both)
  • どこ: where (question)

FORM NOTE:
Unlike other あ-series demonstratives (あれ, あの), あそこ has an extra そ. The expected form would be *あこ, but あそこ is standard.

FORMALITY:
A more polite equivalent is あちら, commonly used in customer service and formal speech.