遠のく

とおのく

Also written 遠退く

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to fade away; to die away
2. to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits); to fall away (e.g. of customers)

Kanji

• 遠 far. Read as とおい.

Example sentences

• 客の足が遠のいた。
  Customers stopped coming to our shop.
• 現役から引退した人は足が遠のくものだ。
  People rarely come to see you once you are retired.
• 太鼓の音は遠のいていった。
  The drum faded away.
• 客足が遠のいた。
  Customers stopped coming to our shop.
• フルタイムで働くようになってからというもの、色々な趣味から遠のいた。
  After I started working full-time, a lot of my hobbies fell by the wayside.

Common phrases

• 客足が遠のく
• 意識が遠のく
• 足が遠のく (あしがとおのく) to visit less often

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