きょ
Meanings
Noun
1. distance; range
Kanji used
separated by
physical distance
Pitch accent
きょ
Top 900
Composed of
tubular nectary; spur
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
Examples (27 in total)
I can't judge distance.
The distance is hard to estimate.
I exhausted myself by walking a long distance.
The school is within walking distance of my house.
He is used to walking long distances.
Can you compute the distance of the moon from the earth?
How far is it to the airport?
What is the distance between New York and London?
Is the post office within walking distance from here?
I tried to keep my teacher at a distance.
How far is it from Osaka to Kyoto?
Scientists can easily compute the distance between planets.
The ice may drift considerable distances each day.
The distance he ran was much greater than had been expected.
How far is it from here to your house?
Airplanes enable people to travel great distances rapidly.
Do you know how far it is from the station to city hall?
He must be a good walker to walk such a long distance.
He must be a good walker to have walked such a long distance.
How far is it from here to the nearest police station?
The airport is forty minutes away from the centre.
Five miles is a suitable distance for a picnic.
Ten miles is not a short distance.
It is no more than ten minutes' walk from here.
The bus stop is five minutes' walk from here.
"How far is it from here to the station?" "It is about two miles."
The distance from the sun to the earth is about 93 million miles.