あれ

From older kare → are. Compound of あ (a, “that, yon”) +‎ れ (-re, nominalizing suffix for demonstratives).

• (Tokyo) あれ [àré] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞]

あれ • (are) 

1. distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon

   Synonym: (dialectal, Kagoshima) あい

   1. (deictically) that one over there (far from the speaker and the addressee)

      あれはなんですか？

      Are wa nan desu ka?

      What is that?

   2. (anaphorically) that one we both know (both the speaker and the addressee know)

      これはあれでしょ？○○。

      Kore wa are desho?○○.

      This is that one thing, isn't it? You know, X.

2. (chiefly derogatory) third-person personal pronoun: he, she, that person
3. you-know-what; a thing whose name the speaker does not want to mention
   1. sex
   2. cockroach
4. (archaic) second-person pronoun: you

• Indicates something far off, removed from both speaker and addressee. Contrast with それ (sore), indicating something removed from the speaker but closer to the addressee.

あれ or アレ • (are) -na (adnominal あれな (are na), adverbial あれに (are ni))

1. あれ, アレ: (informal, euphemistic) "you know what I mean"

   ちょっとあれな人(ひと)

   chotto are na hito

   someone who's kind of you-know-what-I-mean

• (Tokyo) あれ [àré] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あれ [áꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞]

あれ • (are) 

1. huh? (expression of surprise and confusion when talking to yourself)

   あれ？ない。

   Are? Nai.

   Huh? It's not here.

   あれ？もしかして……

   Are? Moshikashite……

   Huh? Could it be?

• あれれ (arere)
• あれま (arema)

• Chinese:

  → Mandarin: 啊咧

• あら (ara)
• え (e)

The long form of あ (a, “I, me”). From あ (a) +‎ れ (-re, nominalizing suffix)

Fell into disuse in roughly the Heian period,^[1] when it was replaced by われ (ware).

• (Tokyo) あれ [àré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞]

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

あれ • (are) 

1. (obsolete) first-person personal pronoun: I, me
   • c. 1001-1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari, (Yume no Ukihashi):

     ...と、聞こえ動かして、几帳のもとに、おし寄せたてまつりたれば、あれにもあらず、居給へるけはい...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾe̞]

あれ • (are) ^{←あれ (are)?}

1. (Classical Japanese, literary) imperative of あり (ari, “to exist”); (modern language) imperative of ある (aru, “to exist”)

   光(ひかり)あれ

   hikari are

   let there be light

   乞(こ)うご期(き)待(たい)あれ

   kou go-kitai are

   (modern language, formal) please stay tuned

   お試(ため)しあれ

   o-tameshi are

   (modern language, formal) please try it out

   ご覧(らん)あれ

   go-ran are

   please look

   • 1979, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Mobile Suit Gundam, episode 10, spoken by Garma Zabi (Katsuji Mori):

     ジオン公(こう)国(こく)に栄(えい)光(こう)あれ！

     Jion kōkoku ni eikō are!

     Glory to the Principality of Zeon!

• Although it remains grammatically correct in modern language, there are few, if any, situations in which it is used, outside of stock formal phrases inherited from the classical language.

• 幸(さち)あれ (sachi are)

• Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759), Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
• Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759), Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.
• Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759), Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man’yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2003, →ISBN.
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei (1963) [circa 1001-1014], Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 5 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN