Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 疎遠(そえん) in Japanese

疎遠
Kana Reading
そえん
Romaji
soen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    estrangement; neglect; silence
    Example sentence
    の冷た友人疎遠にせてしまった His coolness has alienated his friends.

Examples of 疎遠, そえん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

12 strokes

alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse

On'Yomi: ソ, ショ

Kun'Yomi: うと.い, うと.む, まば.ら

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JLPT 4

13 strokes

distant, far

On'Yomi: エン, オン

Kun'Yomi: とお.い

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