[てんがいひりん, tengaihirin] (exp) a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Detract \De*tract"\, v. i.
To take away a part or something, especially from one's
credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; --
often with from.
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It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
{Trace}.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
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Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
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That calumnious critic . . .
Detracting what laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
detract
v 1: take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
from his good character" [syn: {take away}, {detract}]
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