WaniKani / Vocabulary / あそこ

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Over There

Word Type

noun, pronoun, こそあど word

Explanation

Remember how words beginning with あ show that whatever you're talking about is far away from both you and the person you're talking to? And how words ending in こ refer to places? So what do you think this means? That right, it's over there.

Note that even though あそこ means "over there," it's still used to refer to a specific, concrete place, as opposed to a word like 向こう which means "over there" in a broader, more general sense.