遠い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠
とお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [to̞ːi]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "遠い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 遠く とおく [tòókú]
Terminal (終止形) 遠い とおい
と​おい
とお​い
[tòóí]
[tóꜜòì]
[tòóꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 遠い とおい [tòóí]
Key constructions
Informal negative 遠くない とおくな​い [tòókúnáꜜì]
Informal past 遠かった とお​かった
と​おかった
[tòóꜜkàttà]
[tóꜜòkàttà]
Informal negative past 遠くなかった とおくな​かった [tòókúnáꜜkàttà]
Formal 遠いです とお​いです
と​おいです
とおい​です
[tòóꜜìdèsù]
[tóꜜòìdèsù]
[tòóíꜜdèsù]
Conjunctive 遠くて とお​くて
と​おくて
[tòóꜜkùtè]
[tóꜜòkùtè]
Conditional 遠ければ とお​ければ
と​おければ
[tòóꜜkèrèbà]
[tóꜜòkèrèbà]

Adjective

遠(とお)い • (tōi) ←とほい (tofoi)?-i (adverbial 遠(とお)く (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.
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