あれこれ

あれこれ · arekore · JLPT N2 · adverb

this and that

あれ + これ = that + this, so this and that

Two pointing words joined: あれ (are) means that thing over there, これ (kore) means this thing here. Put together, it covers all sorts of things, like the English phrase this and that, only in the reverse order.

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