JLPT N1 · な-adjective

遥か (haruka)

遥か (はるか, haruka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “far away; far off”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はるか
Romaji: haruka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance · な-adjective, adverb · usually written in kana
long ago; long before · な-adjective, adverb · usually written in kana

Example sentences

私の故郷は海のはるか向こうにある。

My home lies far across the sea.

Tatoeba #163678

はるか昔の初期の文化においては、競技で使われているボールは太陽を象徴していました。

Long ago in early cultures, the ball in the game was the symbol of the sun.

Tatoeba #197819

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

Conjugation of 遥か

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	遥かだ	はるかだ harukada
Present (polite)	遥かです	はるかです harukadesu
Negative	遥かじゃない	はるかじゃない harukajanai
Past	遥かだった	はるかだった harukadatta
Negative past	遥かじゃなかった	はるかじゃなかった harukajanakatta
Te-form	遥かで	はるかで harukade
Before a noun	遥かな	はるかな harukana
Adverb (~ni)	遥かに	はるかに harukani

Kanji in 遥か

遥

far off, distant, long agoヨウ・はる.か · 12 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1546930 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.