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Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 狹し (kyūjitai)
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狭 (sa, “narrow, small”) + し (-shi, suffix to make adjectives with -ku inflection, whence い (-i) in Modern Japanese).
Adjective
狭し • (sashi) †-ku
- (Classical Japanese, archaic) narrow
Etymology 2
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| 狹し (kyūjitai)
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狭 (se, “narrowness”) + し (-shi, suffix to make adjectives with -ku inflection, whence い (-i) in Modern Japanese).
Adjective
狭し • (seshi) †-ku
- (Classical Japanese, archaic) narrow
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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| 狹し (kyūjitai)
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狭 (seba, “narrow”) + し (-shi, suffix to make adjectives with -shiku inflection, whence しい (-shii) in Modern Japanese).
Adjective
狭し • (sebashi) †-shiku
- (Classical Japanese, archaic) narrow
Etymology 4
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| 狹し (kyūjitai)
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Changed from 狭し (sebashi).
Adjective
狭し • (semashi) †-ku
- (Classical Japanese) Archaic form of 狭い (semai /せまい/).
Derived terms