遥か

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) るか [háꜜrùkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
    • IPA(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝka̠]

    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 form 遥か and 遥かな (or 遥かなる) 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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