彼ら — Japanese to English

Japanese

彼らかれら · karera

JLPT N4 Common word 彼等

usu. in ref. to males or a mixed-sex group

間もなく彼らは結婚します。

It won't be long before they get married.

彼らは勝った。

They won the day.

彼等は授業中だ。

They are in class.

彼等あれら · arera

彼ら (rarely used kanji form)

usually kana

indicating things distant from both speaker and listener, or things understood without naming them directly

archaic

used to refer to one's equals or inferiors

あれらは彼らの本です。

Those are their books.

あれらは誰の本ですか。

Whose books are those?

あれらは私の妹の本です。

Those are my sister's books.

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