遠えん隔かく

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

distant; remote; isolated

Describes something physically far away or done from a distance. Often used in compounds like 遠隔操作 (remote control) or 遠隔地 (remote location).

遠えん隔かく

操そう

作さ

で

ドローン

を

飛と

ばす

。

Fly a drone by remote control.

彼かれは遠えん隔かく地ちから会かい議ぎに参さん加かした。

He joined the meeting from a remote location.

Usage patterns

遠えん隔かくで〈動どう詞し〉to do something remotely (from a distance)
医い師しが遠えん隔かくで患かん者じゃを診しん察さつした。
The doctor examined the patient remotely.
遠えん隔かくから〈物もの〉を操そう作さするto operate something from a remote location
遠えん隔かくからドローンを操そう作さすることができる。
You can operate the drone from a remote location.
遠えん隔かくの〈場ば所しょ〉a remote/isolated place
遠えん隔かくの地ち域いきにも医い療りょうサービスを届とどけたい。
We want to deliver medical services even to remote areas.

Kanji

遠distant, far
隔isolate, alternate, distance

Related words

遠とおいN5
遠い is the everyday adjective for 'far', while 遠隔 is a more formal noun used in technical or institutional contexts like remote control or remote medicine.
リモート
リモート is a casual loanword typically limited to remote work or remote access, while 遠隔 is the broader, more formal Japanese term for distance-based operation.

Opposites

現げん地ちN2
現地 refers to being on-site or in person, the practical opposite of 遠隔's meaning of operating or acting from a distance.
近きん接せつ
遠隔 describes being remote or far away, the direct opposite of 近接's sense of nearness or proximity.

Don't confuse with

隔かく離り
隔離 shares the kanji 隔 with 遠隔 but means 'isolation/quarantine' rather than 'remote/distant', so the two are easily confused in writing.

Word family· 27

遠えん隔かく地ち
remote location; distant land
遠えん隔かく性せい
remoteness; remote nature
遠えん隔かく視し
remote viewing

Etymology

Compound of 遠 (distant) and 隔 (separated). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of being far apart or isolated.

遠えん隔かく保ほ守しゅ

remote maintenance

遠えん隔かく処しょ理り

teleprocessing; remote processing

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遠えん隔かく医い療りょう
telemedicine; remote medicine
遠えん隔かく操そう作さ
remote control; remote operation
遠えん隔かく教きょう育いく
distance learning; remote education
遠えん隔かく測そく定てい
telemetry; remote measurement
遠えん隔かく監かん視し
remote monitoring; remote supervision

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