遠う
とおう · tooi
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
遠う is the masu-stem of 遠い — far, distant, far away, a long way off, in the distance.
- distant (past), remote (in time), remote, far-removed (in time)
- distant (relationship or kinship), having little to do (with someone)
How it’s built
遠い
遠う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
遠い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 遠い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 遠い
| Negative (ない形) | 遠くないとおくない |
| Past (た形) | 遠かったとおかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 遠くなかったとおくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 遠くてとおくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 遠くとおく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 遠いとおい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 遠ければとおければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 遠かったらとおかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 遠くなるとおくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 遠すぎるとおすぎる |
Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →
Other forms and spellings
遠きゃ遠からう遠いSave your words
Create a free account and they will be waiting in your review deck.
or with email
Free · no card · your words are kept