Illustration: At a confectionery workshop, a teacher has placed an elegant chrysanthemum-shaped nerikiri sweet beside an apprentice's attempt. The model has fine, evenly spaced petals and a precise rounded form; the attempt is a flattened lump with a few deep gouges and one enormous protrusion.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ほど遠とおい

hodotooi

far from, nowhere near

Often describes how far something is from an ideal. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

君きみの答こたえは完璧かんぺきには程遠ほどとおい。
Your answer is far from perfect.
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君きみの解答かいとうは完璧かんぺきからは程遠ほどとおい。
Your answer is anything but perfect.
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彼かれは勤勉きんべんと言いうにはほど遠とおい。
He is far from diligent.
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Kanji in 遠

遠distant; farOnエン・オンKunとおい

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