回り遠い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 回り遠い | 回り遠くない |
| Polite | 回り遠いです | 回り遠くないですalso 回り遠くありません |
| Past polite | 回り遠かったです | 回り遠くなかったですalso 回り遠くありませんでした |
| Past | 回り遠かった | 回り遠くなかった |
| Te-form | 回り遠くて | 回り遠くなくて |
| Adverbial | 回り遠く | |
| Conditional | 回り遠ければ | 回り遠くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 回り遠かったら | 回り遠くなかったら |
roundabout; indirect; circuitous
Describes a route, method, or way of speaking that is not direct; often implies inefficiency or lack of straightforwardness.
His explanation was roundabout, and I couldn't really understand what he wanted to say.
This road is circuitous, but I like it because the scenery is nice.
Compound of 回り (mawari, 'going around') + 遠い (tōi, 'far'), with rendaku voicing of とおい to どおい. The literal sense is 'far by going around', giving the figurative meaning of indirectness.