How to Say ‘Not far’ in Japanese
遠くない
tooku nai
[toh-koo nai]
💬 Usage Tip: Negative form of [遠い]. It often becomes [遠くないです] in polite speech.
🇯🇵 In Japan: People may use it to reassure you: “Don’t worry, it’s not far.”
Phrase Breakdown
遠く
tooku
[toh-koo]
far (adverbial stem of 遠い)
遠く is the form used before negatives like ない. 遠くない means “not far.”
地下鉄の駅は遠くないです。
The subway station is not far.
ない
nai
[nai]
not (plain negative)
Negative ending. With adjectives/verbs it makes the meaning negative: 遠くない = not far.
ここから地下鉄の駅は遠くないです。
From here, the subway station is not far.
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