遠

Meaning

遠 centers on physical or metaphorical distance: something far away or distant.

• 遠いとおい
  N5

  far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance

• 永遠えいえん
  N3

  eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

• 遠慮えんりょ
  N4

  reserve; constraint; restraint; modesty; diffidence; hesitation; holding back; discretion; tact; thoughtfulness

• 遠征えんせい

  (military) expedition; campaign

• 遠隔えんかく

  distant; remote; isolated

• 遠距離えんきょり
  N1

  long distance; tele-

• 遠慮なくえんりょなく

  without reservation; freely; frankly

• 敬遠けいえん
  N1

  pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; giving a wide berth

• 待ち遠しいまちどおしい
  N1

  longed-for; anxiously awaited

• 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう
  N2

  telescope

• 遠方えんぽう
  N1

  distant place; faraway location; far away

• 遠ざかるとおざかる
  N1

  to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to die away

• 遠出とおで

  trip; excursion; outing

• 遠足えんそく
  N3

  school trip; field trip; excursion; outing

• 程遠いほどとおい

  far away; far off

• 遠ざけるとおざける

  to keep away; to keep at a distance

• 遠回りとおまわり
  N2

  detour; roundabout way

• 疎遠そえん
  N1

  estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

• 遠近えんきん

  distance; perspective; far and near; here and there

• 遠のくとおのく

  to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to fade away; to die away

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