Japanese edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

(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 edit

Both the form 遥か and 遥かな (or 遥かなる) are used, but they are not entirely interchangeable.

Inflection edit

Adverb edit

(はる) (haruka

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

Related terms edit

References edit

  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