遠
エン • オン
とお.い
distant; far
Words
遠地津波
えんちつなみ
-
far-field tsunami; tsunami that occurred away from Japan
n
遠地地震
えんちじしん
-
distant earthquake; teleseismic earthquake; teleseism
n
遠江
とおとうみ
-
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
n
遠くの親戚より近くの他人
とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん
-
a neighbour is better than a relative living far
exp
proverb
性相近し、習い相遠し
せいあいちかしならいあいとおし
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by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart
exp
proverb