遠く

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とおく [tòókúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːkɯ̟]

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

• 近(ちか)く (chikaku): somewhere nearby

Adjective

遠(とお)く • (tōku) 

1. continuative form of 遠い