pronoun
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
あれらは私の本です。
Those are my books.
あれらが昨日話した人たちですか。
Are those the people we talked about yesterday?
pronoun
Archaic use referring to one's equals or inferiors. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by あの人たち or 彼ら.
古文では「あれら」が同等以下の人々を指すことがある。
In classical Japanese, あれら can refer to people of equal or lower status.
Refers to things near the speaker ('these'), while あれら refers to things distant from both speaker and listener.
Refers to things near the listener ('those'), while あれら refers to things distant from both.
Common modern pronoun for 'they' (people), while あれら is archaic for people and now mainly used for distant objects.
Derived from the demonstrative あれ ('that over there') plus the plural suffix ら.