Lingaku遠く【とおく】
Frequency rank: 1,452. – 1,453.
- far away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar
- long ago; far back; far (into the future)
- by farsee also 遠く及ばない
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); adverb (fukushi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
- 遠く【とおく】Frequency rank: 1,452. – 1,453.
- とおく
Generated definitions (experimental)
- far away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar
- long ago; far back; far (into the future)
- by far
This meaning refers to physical distances or locations that are not close to the speaker. It can describe places that one might travel to or distances that can be measured.
This meaning is used in a temporal context, referring to events or times that are significantly removed from the present, either in the past or in the future.
This usage emphasizes a significant difference or superiority in a comparison, often used in superlative constructions.
Generated collocations (experimental)
とおく遠くへいく行くto go far awayとおく遠くのくに国distant countryとおく遠くのまち町distant townとおく遠くからみる見るto see from afarとおく遠くでひびく響くto echo from a distanceとおく遠くのほし星distant starとおく遠くのしんせき親戚distant relativeとおく遠くをみつめる見つめるto gaze into the distanceとおく遠くのみらい未来far futureとおく遠くにすむ住むto live far awayとおく遠くにいく行くとき時when going far awayはるかとおく遥か遠くfar away (more poetic)とおく遠くのきおく記憶distant memoryとおく遠くのこえ声voice from afarながい長いとおく遠くのたび旅long distant journey
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
They hadn't gone very far when they met an old man.