How to say "distance" in Japanese

• 距離きょりJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe usual word for distance as a measurable separation between two points, whether spatial or figurative; it also covers 'range' and can describe emotional or social remoteness between people.
  ４マイルはかなりの距離きょりだ。↗

  Four miles is a good distance.
• 道のりみちのりCommon
  nounDistance in the sense of the length of a route or journey — how far it is along the way from one place to another; it also covers the journey or itinerary itself.
  そこまでだいぶ道みちのりがあります。↗

  You have to walk a long way to get there.
• 遠近えんきんCommon
  nounSeldom the word you want for plain 'distance': it really concerns far and near, relative remoteness, or perspective — the sense of depth and distance in what is seen.
  遠近えんきん感かんがとぼしいのです。↗

  I'm afraid my depth perception is very poor.
• 行程こうていCommon
  nounCovers a journey's course and the distance it covers; suited to describing a trip's route and length, and it can also refer to a march.
  我々われわれは旅行りょこうの最後さいごの行程こうていを歩あるかなければならなかった。↗

  We had to walk the last leg of the journey.
• 間あいだJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounDistance as the space or gap between two things — the intervening interval rather than a measured figure; its core senses are the space between and gaps in time or place.
  彼かれはメアリーとトムの間あいだに座すわった。↗

  He was sitting between Mary and Tom.

Choose 距離 for measurable distance between two points, 「道のり」 for the length of a route traveled, 行程 for a journey's course, 間 for the gap or interval between things, and 遠近 for relative far-and-near or perspective.

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• 距離きょりdistance
• 道のりみちのりdistance
• 遠近えんきんdistance
• 行程こうていjourney
• 間あいだspace (between)
• 隔たりへだたりdistance
• ディスタンスdistance
• 路程ろていdistance
• 飛距離ひきょりdistance (of a ski jump, baseball hit, etc.)
• 遠さとおさdistance
• 里程りていmileage
• 里数りすうmileage
• 道みちdistance
• 間合いまあいdistance
• 旅程りょていdistance (of a trip)
• 向こうむこうover there
• ほど(a) distance