also: ああゆう · あーゆー · あーいう
expression, pre-noun adjectival
Pre-noun adjectival used to refer to something of the same type as previously mentioned or understood from context.
ああいう人は初めて見た。
I've never seen that kind of person before.
ああいうやり方はよくないと思う。
I think that sort of approach is not good.
Refers to 'this sort of' (near the speaker), while ああいう refers to 'that sort of' (distant from both speaker and listener).
Refers to 'that sort of' (near the listener or previously mentioned), while ああいう refers to something more remote or abstract.
Interrogative 'what sort of'; ああいう is the distal demonstrative counterpart.
Derived from the distal demonstrative ああ (that) combined with いう (say), literally 'that which is called that way'. The exact historical development is uncertain.