遠い
とおい
Meanings
- い-adjective far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
- distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
- distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
- far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
- hard (of hearing) (as 耳が遠い)
- nearsighted (as 目が遠い)
Kanji
- 遠 far. Read as とおい.
Example sentences
- ここから遠いの？
Is it far from here? - 遠からず私が正しいと納得しますよ。
You will soon be convinced I am right. - 君の指摘、中らずといえども遠からずだね。
Your point may be a little off target, but it certainly is close. - 君の考えは当たらずとも遠からずだ。
Your guess is almost right. - 近い距離を伝えるのにはくるくる輪を描きながら踊り、もっと遠い距離を示すには体を揺すったり、前後に飛んだりする。
They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.
Common phrases
- 遠く及ばない (とおくおよばない) falling far short (of)
- 遠い親戚
- 遠い未来
- 遠い場所
- 遠い昔 (とおいむかし) remote past
- 遥か遠く (はるかとおく) far away in the distance
- 遠い位置
- 遠い過去
- 遠い国
- 距離が遠い
- 遠い距離
- 遠い将来
- 耳が遠い (みみがとおい) poor hearing
- 遠い祖先
- 遠い異国
Words containing 遠い
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