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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 狹い (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Cognate with 攻める (semeru), 責める (semeru), 迫る (semaru), 狭める (sebameru), and 狭まる (sebamaru).
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「狭い」
| Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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| Stem forms
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| Continuative (連用形)
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狭く
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せまく
せまく
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| Terminal (終止形)
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狭い
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せまい
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| Attributive (連体形)
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狭い
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せまい
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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狭くない
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せまくない
せまくない
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| Informal past
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狭かった
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せまかった
せまかった
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| Informal negative past
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狭くなかった
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せまくなかった
せまくなかった
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| Formal
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狭いです
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せまいです
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| Conjunctive
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狭くて
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せまくて
せまくて
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| Conditional
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狭ければ
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せまければ
せまければ
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Adjective
狭い • (semai) -i (adverbial 狭く (semaku))
- (pertaining to width) narrow, confined
- Antonym: 広い (hiroi)
- (pertaining to area) small
- 世間は狭いですね。
- Seken wa semai desu ne.
- It's a small world isn't it.
- (golf) short
Inflection
| Stem forms
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| Imperfective (未然形)
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狭かろ
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せまかろ
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semakaro
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| Continuative (連用形)
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狭く
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せまく
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semaku
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| Terminal (終止形)
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狭い
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せまい
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semai
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| Attributive (連体形)
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狭い
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せまい
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semai
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| Hypothetical (仮定形)
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狭けれ
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せまけれ
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semakere
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| Imperative (命令形)
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狭かれ
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せまかれ
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semakare
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| Key constructions
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| Informal negative
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狭くない
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せまくない
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semaku nai
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| Informal past
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狭かった
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せまかった
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semakatta
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| Informal negative past
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狭くなかった
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せまくなかった
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semaku nakatta
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| Formal
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狭いです
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せまいです
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semai desu
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| Formal negative
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狭くないです
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せまくないです
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semaku nai desu
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| Formal past
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狭かったです
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せまかったです
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semakatta desu
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| Formal negative past
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狭くなかったです
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せまくなかったです
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semaku nakatta desu
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| Conjunctive
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狭くて
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せまくて
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semakute
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| Conditional
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狭ければ
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せまければ
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semakereba
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| Provisional
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狭かったら
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せまかったら
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semakattara
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| Volitional
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狭かろう
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せまかろう
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semakarō
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| Adverbial
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狭く
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せまく
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semaku
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| Degree
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狭さ
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せまさ
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semasa
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- 肩身が狭い (katami ga semai, “feeling ashamed”)
- 肩身の狭い (katami no semai, “ashamed”)
- 心の狭い (kokoro no semai, “narrow-minded, shallow”)
- 視野の狭い (shiya no semai, “shortsighted, narrow-minded”)
- 世間は広い様で狭い (seken wa hiroi yō de semai, “it's a small world after all”)
- 所狭い (tokoro semai, “crowded, overflowing, cramped”)
- 度量の狭い (doryō no semai, “parochial, narrow-minded, prejudiced”)
- 狭い部屋 (semai heya, “a small room”)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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