遠く

遠く

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とおく​ [tòókúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

遠く (hiragana とおく, rōmaji 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

Antonyms

• 近 (ちか)く (chikaku): somewhere nearby

Adjective

遠く (hiragana とおく, romaji tōku)

1. continuative form of 遠い

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN