遥か – Vocabulary details

遥はるか

Meanings

Adverb

Adjective (な)

Usually written in kana

1. far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance

はるか下したに、川かわの流ながれが見みえた。Far below, the flow of the river was visible.

2. long ago; long before

そのすべてが、はるか過か去このことになっていた。All of that had become something from the distant past.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

遥

far off

Pitch accent

は

るか

Used in: 2167

Used in vocabulary (5 in total)

遥はるか昔むかし

long ago

遥はるか彼か方なた

faraway; far-off

遥はるか遠とおく

far away in the distance; in the far distance

遥はるかに

by far; far and away; far away; far off; long ago; long before

遥はるかかなた

faraway; far-off

Examples (5 in total)

鉄てつは金きんより遥はるかに役やくに立たつ。

Iron is much more useful than gold.

ピアニストとして、彼かれはわたしの遥はるか上うえを行いく。

As a pianist, he is far above me.

彼かれの講こう義ぎは田中先せん生せいの講こう義ぎよりも遥はるかに程てい度どが高たかい。

His lecture is far more difficult than Mr Tanaka's.