JLPT N5 vocabulary
遠い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
とおい0Heiban · flat
i-adjective
Meaning
- far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance
- distant in the past, remote in time, far removed in time
- distant in relationship or kinship, having little to do with someone
- far from something else in quality or degree, not similar, way off
- hard of hearing
- having poor eyesight

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 遠い | 遠 |
| Plain past過去形 | 遠 | 遠 |
| Polite presentです形 | 遠い | 遠 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 遠 | 遠 |
| Te-formて形 | 遠 | 遠 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 遠い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 遠 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 遠 | 遠 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 遠 | 遠 |
Example sentences
5人に一人が車を持つような日も遠くあるまい。
It will not be long before the day when one out of five persons has a car.