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遥か

遥か

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はる
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Adjectival noun

遥か (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 遙か, -na inflection, hiragana はるか, romaji haruka)

  1. faraway, distant
    その (とり) (はる)彼方 (かなた) ()んでいった。
    Sono tori wa haruka kanata ni tondeitta.
    That bird flew to a faraway place.
     (はる)かな未来 (みらい)
    Haruka na mirai e
    to the distant future
     (はる)未来 (みらい)
    Haruka mirai e
    to the distant future

Inflection

Usage notes

Both the form 遥か and 遥かな (or 遥かなる) are used, but they are not entirely interchangeable.

Adverb

遥か (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 遙か, hiragana はるか, romaji haruka)

  1. far
     (はる) (とお)
    Haruka tōku
    far away

Related terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3