それら
それら
pronoun
those; them
1.
those; them
the plural form of それ, referring to multiple items or concepts that are near the listener or previously mentioned in conversation
それらは全部私のです。
Those are all mine.
それらの問題について話し合いましょう。
Let's discuss those issues.
調査結果をまとめたが、それらのデータはまだ公開されていない。
I compiled the survey results, but those data have not yet been made public.
The plural form of それ (that). Part of the ko-so-a-do demonstrative system: これら (these, near speaker), それら (those, near listener or previously mentioned), あれら (those, distant from both).
USAGE:
More common in written and formal Japanese than in everyday conversation. In casual speech, Japanese speakers tend to use それ without the plural marker, since Japanese nouns do not require number marking. それら is preferred when the writer wants to explicitly indicate plurality, especially in academic, legal, or official writing.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- それらの + noun: those (as a modifier)
- それらを + verb: those (as an object)
- それらは: those (as a topic/subject)
RELATED TERMS:
- これら: these — the plural of これ (near the speaker)
- あれら: those over there — the plural of あれ (distant)
- それぞれ: each one, respectively — related but means "each" rather than "those"