彼（かれ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: he / him
Example sentences
- 彼はだれにでもとても親切だ。 — He's very kind to everyone.
- 彼は今、仕事の最中だ。 — He's in the middle of work right now.
Idioms & proverbs containing “彼”
- 各人に彼のものを (かくじんにかれのものを) — to each his own; may all get their due; suum cuique
- 暑さ寒さも彼岸まで (あつささむさもひがんまで) — no heat or cold lasts over the equinox
- 彼を知り己を知れば、百戦殆からず (かれをしりおのれをしれば、ひゃくせんあやうからず) — if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy
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