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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

Pairs with遠ざかる

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

keep away; keep at a distance

Transitive verb meaning to deliberately put distance between oneself and someone/something, or to keep something away from a place or person. Often used for abstract things like danger, temptation, or bad influences.

危き険けんを遠とおざけるために、柵さくが設せっ置ちされた。
A fence was installed to keep danger away.
彼かれは悪わるい友とも達だちを遠とおざけるようにしている。
He tries to keep bad friends at a distance.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を〈物もの〉から遠とおざけるto keep someone away from something
母ははは子こ供どもをたばこから遠とおざけるようにしている。
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)
彼かれは次し第だいに友ゆう人じんを遠とおざけるようになった。
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
規き則そく正ただしい生せい活かつは病びょう気きを遠とおざける。
A regular lifestyle keeps illness at bay.

Kanji

遠distant, far

Transitive / intransitive

遠とおざかるN1
遠ざかる is the intransitive form meaning 'to move away/become distant', while 遠ざける is the transitive form meaning 'to make something move away'.

Related words

避さけるN3
避ける is the general word for avoiding contact with something, while 遠ざける specifically emphasizes actively creating distance from it.
疎うとんじる
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.
遮しゃ断だん
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.
隔へだてるN2
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

近ちか付づけるN2
近づける means to bring something/someone closer, the direct opposite of 遠ざける which means to push it away.
近ちか寄よせるN1
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.
引ひき付つけるN1
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.
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.

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').