遠く
とおく
hepburn tooku
far, distant place
Part of speech · noun / adverb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 遠くから来ました。I came from far away.
- もっと遠くまで歩こう。Let's walk further.
Collocations
遠く (tooku, far away)近く (chikaku, near — antonym)遠い (tooi, far adj.)遠くから (tooku kara, from afar)遠方 (enpou, distant place)
Mnemonic
Tooku (遠く) is the noun / adverb "far, far away," derived from the adjective tooi (far) via the ~ku adverbial form. Tooku kara kita (came from afar, noun), tooku made aruku (walk far, adverb), tooku wo miru (look into the distance / take the long view). Antonym chikaku (near, nearby). Formal Sino-Japanese: enpou (遠方, distant region), enkaku (遠隔, remote — enkaku kaigi, enkaku sousa). The i-adjective → -ku noun / adverb pattern is broad: chikaku, tooku, ooku (many), sukunaku (few), hayaku (early / fast), osoku (late) — a core intermediate-level grammar. Korean "meon got / meol-li / won-bang" matches. Metaphor: tooku wo miru = take the long view.
Quick check
Japanese for "remote meeting"?