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Kanji

狭

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

犬部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョウ, コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

せまい, せばめる, せばまる, さ

Nanori (Name Reading)

さ

Common Readings

キョウ, せば…まる, せば…める, せま…い

Example sentences

狭い せまい
この部屋は狭いが、とても落ち着く。

This room is narrow, but it is very cozy.

ながらも ながらも
狭いながらも楽しい我が家。

My home is small but happy.

狭間 はざま
生と死の狭間で彷徨う。

Wandering in the threshold between life and death.

狭まる せばまる
山道を進むにつれて、谷の幅が徐々に狭まった。

As we continued along the mountain path, the valley gradually narrowed.

狭める せばめる
調査の範囲を狭めるため、条件を三つに絞った。

To narrow the scope of the investigation, we limited the conditions to three.

所狭しと ところせましと
会場には新製品が所狭しと並んでいた。

New products were packed tightly throughout the exhibition hall.

手狭 てぜま
荷物が増えて、部屋が手狭になった。

As our belongings increased, the room became cramped.

狭量 きょうりょう
彼の狭量には、誰もが呆れていた。

Everyone was appalled by his narrow-mindedness.

Example Vocabulary

狭い

せまい

narrow; small; limited

狭間

はざま

threshold; gap; interval

狭まる

せばまる

to become narrower; to close in

狭める

せばめる

to narrow; to reduce the range; to close the gap

所狭しと

ところせましと

so densely that the space feels cramped; packed tightly

手狭

てぜま

cramped; too small for the people or things in it

狭苦しい

せまくるしい

肩身が狭い

かたみがせまい

狭量

きょうりょう

narrow-mindedness; lack of generosity toward different views

肩身の狭い

かたみのせまい

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