Illustration: At a small school reunion in a restaurant's private room, two adults recognize each other but remain an awkward distance apart, exchanging shallow formal bows.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

疎そ遠えん

soen

estranged, out of touch

Example sentences

君きみはいつから家族かぞくと疎遠そえんになっているのか。
How long have you been alienated from your family?
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれの冷つめたさが彼かれの友人ゆうじんを疎遠そえんにさせてしまった。
His coolness has alienated his friends.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
若わかい頃ころは夫おっとと疎遠そえんであった。
She was estranged from her husband in her youth.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 疎遠

疎alienate; roughOnソ・ショKunうとい・うとむ・まばら
遠distant; farOnエン・オンKunとおい

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