遠方|えんぽうenpou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundistant place; faraway location; far away
   遠方えんぽうに城しろが見みえた。↗

   We saw a castle in the distance.

• Synonym遠くとおくNeutralThe everyday word for far away, common in speech; also covers distance in time. 「遠方」 is more written in tone and focuses on a distant place.
• Synonymかなり離れた場所NeutralA descriptive phrase for a place quite some distance away, explanatory in feel; 「遠方」 is the more concise, formal choice.
• Antonym近所きんじょNeutralThe everyday opposite of 「遠方」 on the near–far scale: the neighbourhood or area close by.
• Antonym至近しきんWrittenAlso the opposite of 「遠方」 in distance, but for things extremely close at hand; a written, formal term.

Use 「遠方」 in written or formal prose for a distant place, as in 「遠方から来た客」; in everyday speech say 「遠く」. Antonyms: 「近所」 for the nearby neighbourhood, 「至近」 for things extremely close.

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1. 遠とおくの場所ばしょ。