JLPT N5 · い-adjective

遠い (tooi)

遠い (とおい, tooi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “far; distant”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とおい
Romaji: tooi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance · い-adjective
distant (past); remote (in time); remote; far-removed (in time) · い-adjective
distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone) · い-adjective
far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.); not similar; way off · い-adjective
hard (of hearing) · い-adjective · as 耳が遠い

Example sentences

彼の家はここから遠くない。

His house is not far from here.

Tatoeba #117993

君の夢が実現する日も遠くないだろう。

It won't be long before your dream comes true.

Tatoeba #178043

彼は彼女の遠い親戚だ。

He is a distant relation of hers.

Tatoeba #101069

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 遠い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	遠い	とおい tooi
Negative	遠くない	とおくない tookunai
Past	遠かった	とおかった tookatta
Negative past	遠くなかった	とおくなかった tookunakatta
Te-form	遠くて	とおくて tookute
Adverb (~ku)	遠く	とおく tooku
Conditional (~ba)	遠ければ	とおければ tookereba

Kanji in 遠い

遠

distant, farエン・オン・とお.い · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 遠い.

遠慮えんりょreserve遠くとおくfar away永遠えいえんeternity遠足えんそくschool trip望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope遠方えんぽうdistant place遠ざかるとおざかるto go away待ち遠しいまちどおしいlonged-for遠回りとおまわりdetour

Source: JMdict entry 1177800 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.