Vocab Info

N5 い-adjective

遠(とお)いfar, distant

    Dictionary Definition

    1. い-adjective

      1. 1.

        far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance

      2. 2.

        distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time)

      3. 3.

        distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone)

      4. 4.

        far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.), not similar, way off

      5. 5.

        hard (of hearing)

        as 耳が遠い
      6. 6.

        nearsighted

        as 目が遠い

    All Forms

    遠い 【とおい】

    Details

      • と

      • お

      • い

    • Frequency

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    Examples

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    • アメリカと日本(にほん)は遠(とお)い。

      The United States and Japan are far away.

      • N5
    • 遠(とお)い親戚(しんせき)とは、親族(しんぞく)の葬式(そうしき)の時(とき)しか会(あ)いません。

      I don't meet distant relatives apart from at relatives' funerals.

      • N5
    • 私(わたし)の家(いえ)とパートナーの家(いえ)はとても遠(とお)いです。

      My house is very far from my partner's house.

      • N5
    • 僕(ぼく)の80(はちじゅっ)歳(さい)の祖母(そぼ)は、耳(みみ)が少(すこ)し遠(とお)い。

      My grandmother, who is 80 years old, is a little hard of hearing. (has far ears)

      • N5
    • 私(わたし)の息子(むすこ)が二十歳(はたち)になるのは、まだ遠(とお)い未来(みらい)だろう。

      It will still be far into the future before my son turns twenty.

      • N4
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