遠い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
とお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *təpə. Cognate with Miyako (とぅー, tū), Okinawan (とぅー)さん (tūsan).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「遠い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 遠く おく
Terminal (終止形) 遠い おい
おい


Attributive (連体形) 遠い おい
Key constructions
Informal negative 遠くない おくな
Informal past 遠かった かった
おかった

Informal negative past 遠くなかった おくなかった
Formal 遠いです いです
おいです
おいです


Conjunctive 遠くて くて
おくて

Conditional 遠ければ ければ
おければ

Adjective

(とお) (tōiとほい (tofoi)?-i (adverbial (とお) (tōku))

  1. distant, far
    Synonym: (Kagoshima) とあか (toaka)
  2. long ago, far in the past
  3. distantly related
  4. far off, far from (accurate etc.)

Inflection

Antonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.