遠く

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

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) とおく​ [tòókúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ːkɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    遠(とお)く • (tōku) 

    1. a faraway place; somewhere far away
      遠(とお)くを見(み)る
      tōku o miru
      to look into the distance
      どこか遠(とお)くへ行(い)く
      dokoka tōku e iku
      to go somewhere far away
      遠(とお)くの音(おと)
      tōku no oto
      faraway sound

    Antonyms

    Adjective

    遠(とお)く • (tōku) 

    1. continuative form of 遠い

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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