遠のく
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to fade away; to die away
2. to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits); to fall away (e.g. of customers)
Other spellings
遠退く
Kanji used
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
とおのく
Examples3
太鼓
The drum faded away.
客足
Customers stopped coming to our shop.
フルタイム
After I started working full-time, a lot of my hobbies fell by the wayside.