遠い

Meanings

1. far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance
2. distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time)
3. distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone)
4. far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off
5. hard (of hearing)

Part of speech: i-adjective

Kanji

• 遠

  Meanings

  distant, far

  On reading

  エン、オン

  Kun reading

  とお.い

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 彼の家はここから遠くない。

  His house is not far from here.

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• 君の夢が実現する日も遠くないだろう。

  It won't be long before your dream comes true.

  Tatoeba #178043 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は彼女の遠い親戚だ。

  He is a distant relation of hers.

  Tatoeba #101069 · CC BY 2.0 FR