Vocab Info
N5 い-adjective
遠いfar, distant
Dictionary Definition
Common
- い-adjective - 1. - far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance 
- 2. - distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time) 
- 3. - distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone) 
- 4. - far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off 
- 5. - hard (of hearing) as 耳が遠い
- 6. - nearsighted as 目が遠い
 
All Forms
遠い 【とおい】
Details
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Examples
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- アメリカと日本は遠い。 - The United States and Japan are far away. - N5
 
- 遠い親戚とは、親族の葬式の時しか会いません。 - I don't meet distant relatives apart from at relatives' funerals. - N5
 
- 私の家とパートナーの家はとても遠いです。 - My house is very far from my partner's house. - N5
 
- 僕の80歳の祖母は、耳が少し遠い。 - My grandmother, who is 80 years old, is a little hard of hearing. (has far ears) - N5
 
- 私の息子が二十歳になるのは、まだ遠い未来だろう。 - It will still be far into the future before my son turns twenty. - N4
 
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