はるか
Frequency rank: 11,906. – 11,937. (for form 遥か: 4,827. – 4,834.)
- far away; far off; far; distant; in the distanceword usually written using kana alone
- long ago; long beforeword usually written using kana alone
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); adverb (fukushi)
Forms
- はるかFrequency rank: 11,906. – 11,937.
- 遥か【はるか】Frequency rank: 4,827. – 4,834.
- 遙か【はるか】Frequency rank: 15,437. – 15,491.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance
- long ago; long before
This meaning is used when referring to a location that is physically far away from the speaker or the reference point.
Stars are shining far away in the distance.
This meaning is used to express a time that is in the distant past, a long time ago.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.
The hearing acuity of dogs is superior by far to that of humans.
3. きごう「まあ、それでもきみ君よりは、はるかにぼく僕のほう方がてんすう点数たかい高いけどね。きごう」きごう「なんですってきごう!わたくし私がほんきをだせば本気を出せば、あなたなんて、め目じゃないわきごう!きごう」
"Well, even so my score is far above yours isn't it?" "What did you say!? If I was to go all out you'd be as nothing to me!"
It stopped short at a result far from the 10% taken as the target.
The king of this country isn't a person, but a divine beast with three pairs of wings said to be in far away in the sky.
Pains of love be sweeter far / Than all other pleasures are.
8. ぶっし物資は、はるかに遥かににんげん人間いじょう以上に、ちきゅう地球のひょうめん表面をいどう移動しつづけているし続けているいだい偉大なりょこうしゃ旅行者なのだ。さいげん再現のないぶっし物資のながれ流れがせかいじゅう世界中でこうかん交換されているが、それはちきゅうじょう地球上のひと人のすむ住むばしょ場所でぼうえき貿易にかかわらない関わらないところはほとんどないことをいみ意味する。
Goods are the great travelers over the earth's surface, far more than humans, which means that hardly an inhabited spot on the globe is untouched by trade.
The part of an iceberg under the water is much larger than that above the water.
The speed of an airplane is much greater than that of a helicopter.
She's far better off than she was the year before last.
Her very frowns are fairer far than smiles of other maidens are.
They can produce the same goods at a far lower cost.
His strength is much greater than that of an ordinary man.