彼の

Originally a compound of あ (a, distal pronominal marker) +‎ の (no, genitive particle).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あの [ànó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠no̞]

彼の (hiragana あの, rōmaji ano)

1. that [one] (distant from both speaker and listener)

As an adnominal, 彼の must be followed by a noun or noun phrase.

Almost always written in kana. See あの for more detail.

彼の (hiragana あの, rōmaji ano)

1. similar to English er or umm, said when hesitating in speech
2. similar to English uh, space filler or pause during conversation

   あの…そうですね、…

   ano… sō desu ne, …

   um... well, yes,...

• ええと, えーと (ēto): oh, well, er, um

The の (no) sound is often lengthened as in あのう, あのぉ, あのー.

Almost always written in kana. See あの for more detail.

Originally a compound of 彼 (ka, “he, she, it”, third-person pronoun) +‎ の (no, genitive particle).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​の [káꜜnò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠no̞]

彼の (hiragana かの, rōmaji kano)

1. that [one] (distant from both speaker and listener)

   Refers to someone or something not previously mentioned in context, but known to both speaker and listener.

As an adnominal, 彼の must be followed by a noun or noun phrase.

In modern Japanese, kano is considered more formal and literary than ano.

Most often written in kana.

彼の (hiragana かの, rōmaji kano)

1. (obsolete) you-know-who, you-know-what

   Refers to someone or something not previously mentioned in context, but known to both speaker and listener. Used when the referent cannot be explicitly named for some reason.

   • 1694, Yashoku Jibun, Kōshoku Mankintan (Erotic Tonic), volume 3:

     奈良茶は夜分、かののおゆるは朝時分

     Nara cha wa yabun, kano no oyuru wa asa jibun

   • 1766, Chikamatsu Hanji, Honchō Nijūshi Kō (Twenty-four Filial Children of Japan), volume 4:

     かのとは誰 (だれ)ぢゃ、八 (や)つ橋 (はし)か

     Kano to wa dare ja, yatsuhashi ka

     So who is “you-know-who”, is it Yatsuhashi?

Used in the Edo period, but apparently obsolete in modern Japanese.

Phrase consisting of 彼 (kare, “he”) + の (no, genitive particle).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ no̞]

彼の (hiragana かれの, rōmaji kare no)

1. (literally) his, of him

   See 彼 (かれ) (kare), の (no) for more detail.

As an adnominal, 彼の must be followed by a noun or noun phrase.