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N5 い-adjective

(とお)far, distant

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    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

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    遠い 【とおい】

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      アメリカ日本(にほん)(とお)

      The United States and Japan are far away.

      • N5

      (とお)親戚(しんせき)とは、親族(しんぞく)葬式(そうしき)(とき)しか()いません。

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

      • N5

      (わたし)(いえ)とパートナーの(いえ)はとても(とお)です。

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

      • N5

      (ぼく)80(はちじゅっ)(さい)祖母(そぼ)は、(みみ)(すこ)(とお)

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

      • N5

      (わたし)息子(むすこ)二十歳(はたち)になるのは、まだ(とお)未来(みらい)だろう。

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

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