► 形容詞
遠い [とおい] meaning: far rank: 1
☆ それは遠い昔の事だ ⇨ That is a very long time ago
☆ 彼は私の遠い親戚だ ⇨ He is my distant relative
☆ 春は未だ遠い ⇨ Spring is still far away
☆ 駅はここからはかなり遠い ⇨ The station is fairly far from here
遠い [とおい] [耳が遠い] [coll] meaning: hear rank: 1
☆ うちの祖父は耳が遠い ⇨ My grandfather is hard of hearing (☛ Usually about hearing loss from aging)
遠い [とおい] [coll] meaning: weak rank: 1
☆ 段々意識が遠くなって行った ⇨ I was gradually losing consciousness, fainting
☆ 電話が遠くてよく聞こえない ⇨ The phone is too far, your voice is too faint and I cannot hear well (☛ About sound, usually over telephone)
More examples:
- 駅はここからはかなり遠い ⇨ The station is pretty far from here
- うちのおじいちゃんは耳が遠い ⇨ My grandpa cannot hear well (due to aging hearing loss)
- 子供達は毎日遠い学校までてくてく歩いていく ⇨ Children walk all the way to the far away school every day
- 都心なら未だしもこんなに遠い郊外でこんな高い家は馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is understandable in the city, but a house this expensive in a faraway suburb like this is ridiculous
- 現実は理想とは程遠い ⇨ The reality is far from the ideal
- 現実は理想とは程遠い ⇨ The reality is far from the ideal
- ETは遠い星からやって来た ⇨ ET came from a star far away