dim and distant; vague and far-off
Literary word describing something hazy, obscure, and far away in space or time; often used for memories, landscapes, or the afterlife. Rare in everyday speech.
It vanished into the dim and distant reaches of memory.
A vague and boundless wilderness stretched out.
Literary kanji spelling; the second kanji 漠 is standard, while 邈 is an outdated variant.
Contains outdated kanji 邈; rarely used in modern writing.
Compound of 冥 (dark, obscure) and 漠 (vague, vast). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is a literary Sino-Japanese word.