遥か

Japanese

Kanji in this term
はる
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
遙か (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(はる) • (haruka-na (adnominal (はる) (haruka na), adverbial (はる) (haruka ni))

  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

Usage notes

Both the forms 遥か (haruka) and 遥かな (haruka na) (or 遥かなる (haruka naru)) are used, but they are not entirely interchangeable.

Inflection

Adverb

(はる) • (haruka

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

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN