はるばる

Japanese

Alternative spellings
遥々 遥遥

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はるば​る [hàrúbáꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) はる​ばる [hàrúꜜbàrù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ᵝba̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

はるばる • (harubaru) ^{←はるばる (farubaru)?}

1. from far way, all the way from
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:

     そんなえらい人(ひと)が月(げっ)給(きゅう)四(よん)十(じゅう)円(えん)ではるばるこんな田舎(いなか)へくるもんか。

     Sonna erai hito ga gekkyū yonjū en de harubaru konna inaka e kuru mon ka.

     No man with such admirable qualities would come so far away for only 40 yen a month!

   • 1965, “函館(はこだて)の女(ひと) (Hakodate no hito)”, 星野哲郎(ほしのてつろう) (Hoshino Tetsurō) (lyrics), performed by 北島三郎(きたじまさぶろう) (Kitajima Saburō):

     はるばるきたぜ　函(はこ)館(だて)へ

     harubaru kita ze Hakodate e

     To Hakodate I have arrived, from far, far away