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彼 (かれ, kare) Japanese meaning: he | Kotomora
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Usage patterns 彼かれ ができる to get a boyfriend
I finally got a boyfriend last year.
彼かれ と 付つ き 合あ う to be dating one's boyfriend
I've been dating my boyfriend for three years now.
彼かれ と 別わか れる to break up with one's boyfriend
She's been down since she broke up with her boyfriend.
Expressions 彼かれ なり in his own way; peculiar to him 誰だれ 彼かれ なしに to anyone; to whomever; indiscriminately 誰だれ 彼かれ かまわず indiscriminately; regardless of who it is; anyone and everyone Related words 彼氏 is the common, unambiguous word for 'boyfriend', while 彼 used this way is casual and can be mistaken for the plain pronoun 'he'.
同氏 is the formal, written journalistic way to refer back to a named person, while 彼 is the everyday plain word for 'he'.
彼 is a plain, everyday word for 'he', while あの人 sounds more polite or emotionally distant and can refer to either gender.
彼 is the modern third-person pronoun for 'he'; 其 was a gender-neutral archaic pronoun that could mean 'he', 'she', or 'that person'.
Politeness 彼 is the neutral, standard word for 'he', whereas そいつ is a rough, familiar term for the same referent that can sound dismissive.
彼 is the neutral, polite term for 'he', while あいつ is a rough, familiar or derogatory way to refer to the same person.
彼 is the standard, neutral word for 'he', while 奴 is a casual or contemptuous stand-in for the same referent.
Don't confuse with 彼 is the plain, everyday pronoun for 'he', whereas 彼氏 usually means 'boyfriend' and only jokingly stands in for 'he'.
彼 is normally read かれ and means 'he' or 'boyfriend,' which is a completely different, far more common word than the rare reading あれ for 彼.
Written forms 彼かれ Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling for both pronoun and noun uses.
かれ Usage 5%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing, especially when the pronoun is used informally.
カレ Usage <1%
Etymology Originally from the demonstrative root か (that) + れ (nominalizer). The kanji 彼 is a Chinese loan character used for its meaning 'that' or 'he'.
ex-boyfriend; former boyfriend
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boyfriend
his/her style; his/her way (of doing)
this and that; various things · this person and that person; anybody; everyone
himself; he himself
boyfriend; almost boyfriend
everyone; every single person; one and all