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間遠い (まどおい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

間ま遠どおい

Meanings

1

i-adjective

at long intervals; widely spaced; infrequent

Describes events, visits, or occurrences that happen with long gaps in between; often used in the adverbial form 間遠く.

彼かれの訪ほう問もんは間ま遠どおくなった。
His visits became infrequent.
バスが間ま遠どおくしか来こない。
The bus comes only at long intervals.

Kanji

間interval, space
遠distant, far

Similar words

まれ
まれ means 'rare' in the sense of being uncommon or exceptional, while 間遠い focuses on the temporal or spatial spacing between occurrences.
とびとび
とびとび means 'at intervals' or 'scattered', often implying irregular gaps, whereas 間遠い emphasizes the length of the intervals.

Etymology

Compound of 間 (ma, 'interval') and 遠い (tooi, 'far'), literally 'far between intervals'. The reading まどおい is a regular combination of the two components.