Meaning of 遠方 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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遠方JLPT 1
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Kana Readingえんぽう, おちかた
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Romajienpō, ochikata
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- long way; distant place
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Example Sentences
遠方, えんぽう, おちかた used in context
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クエーサーとは、非常に遠方にある、まぶしい輝きを放つ天体だ。
Quasars are brilliantly shining heavenly bodies that are extremely far away.
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The traveler was delighted at the sight of a light in the distance.
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He caught sight of a ship in the distance.
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突然、私は遠方に人の姿を認めたが、驚いたことに、その旅人が女性であることがすぐにわかった。
All at once I saw a human form in the distance, and, to my surprise, soon recognized that the traveler was a woman.
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天の川は、遠方の星が巨大な帯状に見えるものであって、その１つ１つは、われわれの知る太陽に似たものである。
The Milky Way is a vast belt of distant stars, each star a sun like our one.
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We saw smoke in the distance.
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