あそこ

あそこ
pronoun
over there
direction
1. over there (place)
A demonstrative pronoun for a place far from both speaker and listener.
あそこに何(なに)がある？
What's over there?
銀行(ぎんこう)はあそこにあります。
The bank is over there.
あそこで食(た)べましょう。
Let's eat over there.
あそこに見(み)える山(やま)は富士山(ふじさん)です。
That mountain you can see over there is Mt. Fuji.
あそこの店(みせ)は安(やす)いしおいしいから、今度(こんど)一緒(いっしょ)に行(い)きましょう。
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.

RELATED WORDS (ko-so-a-do places):

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

Watch out

あそこ breaks the pattern of the place series: by analogy with ここ, そこ and どこ a learner expects あこ, but the word has an extra syllable.

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

Related Words

Related: ここ (here (near speaker))
Related: そこ (there (near listener))
Related: どこ (where (question))
Keigo: あちら (polite equivalent)
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Added 2026.1.7 21:29 · Revised 2026.10.8 15:23
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