Refers to things or people distant from both speaker and listener, or to things understood without naming them directly. Often used in contrast with これら and それら.
See also: あれ
Those are my books.
Archaic use referring to one's equals or inferiors. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by あの人たち or 彼ら.
Are those the people we talked about yesterday?
In classical Japanese, あれら can refer to people of equal or lower status.
彼ら is the standard modern word for 'they' (people), while あれら in this sense is archaic and no longer used in everyday Japanese.
それら points to things near the listener or already mentioned, while あれら points to things distant from both speaker and listener.
これら refers to things close to the speaker, whereas あれら refers to things distant from both speaker and listener.
Applies to each form listed below
Rare kanji form; normally written in kana.
Rare kanji form; normally written in kana.
Derived from the demonstrative あれ ('that over there') plus the plural suffix ら.