狭い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
せま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
狹い (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Cognate with ()める (semeru), ()める (semeru), (せま) (semaru), (せば)める (sebameru), and (せば)まる (sebamaru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「狭い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 狭く まく

Terminal (終止形) 狭い
Attributive (連体形) 狭い
Key constructions
Informal negative 狭くない まくない
くない

Informal past 狭かった まかった
かった

Informal negative past 狭くなかった まくなかった
くなかった

Formal 狭いです いです
Conjunctive 狭くて まくて
くて

Conditional 狭ければ まければ
ければ

Adjective

(せま) (semai-i (adverbial (せま) (semaku))

  1. (pertaining to width) narrow, confined
    Antonym: 広い (hiroi)
  2. (pertaining to area) small
    世間(せけん)(せま)ですね。
    Seken wa semai desu ne.
    It's a small world isn't it.
  3. (golf) short

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN