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遠ざける (toozakeru) Japanese meaning: keep away | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 遠ざける · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 遠とお ざける 遠とお ざけない Polite 遠とお ざけます 遠とお ざけません Past polite 遠とお ざけました 遠とお ざけませんでした Past 遠とお ざけた 遠とお ざけなかった Te-form 遠とお ざけて 遠とお ざけないで Desire 遠とお ざけたい 遠とお ざけたくない Potential 遠とお ざけられる also 遠とお ざけれる 遠とお ざけられない also 遠とお ざけれない Passive 遠とお ざけられる 遠とお ざけられない Causative 遠とお ざけさせる 遠とお ざけさせない Causative passive 遠とお ざけさせられる 遠とお ざけさせられない Volitional 遠とお ざけよう Polite volitional 遠とお ざけましょう Imperative 遠とお ざけろ 遠とお ざけるな Conditional 遠とお ざければ 遠とお ざけなければ Tara conditional 遠とお ざけたら 遠とお ざけなかったら
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A fence was installed to keep danger away.
He tries to keep bad friends at a distance.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 を 〈 物もの 〉 から 遠とお ざける to keep someone away from something
The mother tries to keep her child away from cigarettes.
〈 人ひと 〉 を 遠とお ざける to keep a person at a distance (emotionally)
He gradually began to distance himself from his friends.
〈 事こと 〉 を 遠とお ざける to keep something (a risk, temptation, etc.) away
A regular lifestyle keeps illness at bay.
Transitive / intransitive Related words 避ける is the general word for avoiding contact with something, while 遠ざける specifically emphasizes actively creating distance from it.
疎んじる means to shun or grow cold toward a person emotionally, whereas 遠ざける is broader and can apply to things as well as people.
遮断する means to physically block or cut off access, a stronger, more mechanical action than the more general 遠ざける.
遠ざける means to deliberately keep someone at a distance, close to 隔てる's emotional sense of estranging people but more about active avoidance.
Opposites 近づける means to bring something/someone closer, the direct opposite of 遠ざける which means to push it away.
遠ざける means to keep something or someone at a distance, the opposite of 近寄せる's meaning of bringing close or letting someone approach.
遠ざける means to push something away or keep it at a distance, the opposite of 引きつける's sense of drawing something near.
Etymology Compound of 遠 (とお, 'far') + ざける, an old verb meaning 'to keep away' or 'to separate'. The exact derivation of ざける is uncertain, but it is related to 避ける (さける, 'to avoid').
寄よ せる
N2
遠ざける means to push something away or keep it at a distance, the opposite of 寄せる's core meaning of bringing something closer.
