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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

離れて

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hanarete

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Away/əˈweɪ/
adverbadjectiveCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #95 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は遠くへ行った。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    At a distance from a particular place, person, or thing; in another direction.

    "She walked away without saying goodbye."
As adjective
  1. 1

    (Of a sports match) played away from a team's home ground.

    "The team secured a crucial win in their away game."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'onweg', a combination of 'on' (on, in) and 'weg' (way). Over the centuries, the prefix 'on-' weakened to 'a-', transforming the compound into Middle English 'away' or 'aweg', indicating movement to a distance or separation from a place.

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