遠く|とおくtooku[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. adverb, no-adjectivefar away; distant place; a (great) distance; a long way off; afar
   遠とおくに富士山ふじやまが見みえた。↗

   Mt. Fuji could be seen in the distance.
2. adverblong ago; far back; far (into the future)
3. adverbby far

• Synonym遠方えんぽうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a distant place, as in 「遠方から来る」; mostly a noun, more formal than 「遠く」.
• Synonymかなり離れた場所CasualAn explanatory phrase for a place quite far away, not a fixed word; in speech 「遠く」 is enough.
• Antonym近くちかくNeutralThe opposite of 「遠く」: nearby places or the vicinity, as in 「近くの店」.
• Antonym至近しきんWrittenThe opposite of 「遠く」 in written/formal prose: extremely near, as in 「至近距離」.

For 'far away' the default is 「遠く」; in written/formal prose say 「遠方」. For 'near' use 「近く」, and 「至近」 for extremely near in formal writing.

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1. 二ふたつの物ものの間あいだの距離きょりが離はなれている。