遠い (とおい) — far, distant

遠とおい far

Frequency #700 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 2 2 characters i-adjective

tooi

とおい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. とおい[0] heiban 平板

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Meanings

far
distant

Explained in simple Japanese

ばしょがはなれていて、いくのに時間(じかん)がかかるようす。

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Usage examples

遠とおい時代じだいの話はなしを、自分じぶんの町まちや家族かぞくの問といへつなげることができます。

Tooi jidai no hanashi o, jibun no machi ya kazoku no toi e tsunageru koto ga dekimasu.

You can connect stories of a distant era to questions about your own town or family.

暮らしから読む、日本の歴史 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第5章　近代、戦争、そして暮らしを作り直す

Adjective forms

Non-past covers present and future. Expand a form to see its plain, polite, affirmative and negative versions, where available. Some forms have multiple variants.

Na-adjectives use forms of だ. Conjectural and imperative forms can be formal or literary; everyday usage depends on context.

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Non-past (present / future)

Plain · Affirmative

遠い

とおい

tooi

Plain · Negative

遠くない

とおくない

tookunai

Polite · Affirmative

遠いです

とおいです

tooidesu

Polite · Negative

遠くないです

とおくないです

tookunaidesu

Alternative variant

遠くありません

とおくありません

tookuarimasen

Past

Plain · Affirmative

遠かった

とおかった

tookatta

Plain · Negative

遠くなかった

とおくなかった

tookunakatta

Polite · Affirmative

遠かったです

とおかったです

tookattadesu

Polite · Negative

遠くなかったです

とおくなかったです

tookunakattadesu

Alternative variant

遠くありませんでした

とおくありませんでした

tookuarimasendeshita

Te-form (connecting)

Plain · Affirmative

遠くて

とおくて

tookute

Plain · Negative

遠くなくて

とおくなくて

tookunakute

Provisional (〜ば)

Plain · Affirmative

遠ければ

とおければ

tookereba

Plain · Negative

遠くなければ

とおくなければ

tookunakereba

Causative (make / cause to be)

Plain · Affirmative

遠くさせる

とおくさせる

tookusaseru

Conjectural (probably)

Plain · Affirmative

遠かろう

とおかろう

tookarou

Polite · Affirmative

遠いでしょう

とおいでしょう

tooideshou

Conditional (〜たら)

Plain · Affirmative

遠かったら

とおかったら

tookattara

Plain · Negative

遠くなかったら

とおくなかったら

tookunakattara

Alternative (〜たり)

Plain · Affirmative

遠かったり

とおかったり

tookattari

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

とお遠 far

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Words with 遠 (17)

永(えい)遠(えん) eien eternity 遠(とお)く tooku far away 遠(えん)慮(りょ) enryo reserve 遠(えん)藤(どう) endou Endou (surname) 遠(えん)征(せい) ensei expedition 遠(えん)隔(かく) enkaku remote 望(ぼう)遠(えん)鏡(きょう) bouenkyou telescope 遠(とお)ざかる toozakaru to go far away

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Meanings

Explained in simple Japanese

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Adjective forms

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 遠 (17)

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