Vocab Info

A3 Expression, う-verb (く)

足(あし)が遠(とお)のくto visit less often

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Expression, う-verb (く)

      1. 1.

        to visit less often

    All Forms

    足が遠のく 【あしがとおのく】、足が遠退く 【あしがとおのく】

    Details

      • あ

      • し

      • が

      • と

      • お

      • の

      • く

    Examples

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    • 母(はは)が死(し)に、実家(じっか)へ足(あし)が遠(とお)のいてしまった。

      Since my mother passed away, I have visited less often to my family home.

    • 足(あし)が遠(とお)のいていたバーへ久(ひさ)しぶりに行(い)きました。

      I went to the bar that I had been visiting less often for the first time in a while.

    • 仕事(しごと)が忙(いそが)しくて行(い)きつけの居酒屋(いざかや)から足(あし)が遠(とお)のいている。

      Work has been so busy that I've been visiting less often my usual izakaya.

      • 私(わたし)の足(あし)が遠(とお)のいていたせいで、祖父母(そふぼ)は生(い)きる楽(たの)しみを失(うしな)ったらしい。

        It seems that because I visited less often, my grandparents lost their will to live.

      • まさか足(あし)が遠(とお)のいている間(ま)に親戚(しんせき)が亡(な)くなっていたとは思(おも)っていなかった。

        I never thought that a relative would pass away while I was visiting less often.

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