遠(とお)い

とおい

i-adjective

far, distant

Conjugation

	Affirmative	Negative
Present	遠(とお)い	遠(とお)くない
Past	遠(とお)かった	遠(とお)くなかった
て form	遠(とお)くて	遠(とお)くなくて
Adverbial	遠(とお)く	—
Conditional ば	遠(とお)ければ	遠(とお)くなければ
Conditional たら	遠(とお)かったら	遠(とお)くなかったら

1. far, distant

Located at a great distance. Used for physical distance or metaphorical distance (like distant memories).

駅(えき)から遠(とお)いですか？

Is it far from the station?

彼(かれ)の家(いえ)は遠(とお)くにあります。

His house is far away.

遠(とお)く = far away (adverb/noun)

それは遠(とお)い昔(むかし)のことです。

That was a long time ago (in the distant past).

Metaphorical: distant in time

学校(がっこう)が遠(とお)いので、バスで行(い)きます。

The school is far, so I go by bus.

遠(とお)くに山(やま)が見(み)えます。

I can see mountains in the distance.

遠(とお)く = far away (used as noun)

遠(とお)い is an i-adjective meaning "far" or "distant," used for both physical and metaphorical distance.

Forms

遠(とお)い: far (adjective)
遠(とお)く: far away (adverb/noun)
遠(とお)くに: in the distance
遠(とお)くから: from far away

Common patterns

〜から遠(とお)い: far from ~
遠(とお)い昔(むかし): distant past, long ago
遠(とお)い親戚(しんせき): distant relative
遠(とお)く離(はな)れた: far apart

Common expressions

遠(とお)くに見(み)える: can see in the distance
遠(とお)いところから: from a far place
耳(みみ)が遠(とお)い: hard of hearing (fixed idiom; the polite way to say someone cannot hear well)

Similar words

近(ちか)い: near, close

Related Words

Antonym: 近(ちか)い (near, close)

Related: 遠(とお)く (far away, the distance (noun/adverb form))

Related: 遠(とお)ざかる (to move away, to recede)

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Added 2026.1.7 21:49 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:31

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