狭
狭

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

9 strokesFrequency 1,346JLPT N2Grade 8

On

キョウコウ

Kun

せま.いせば.めるせば.まるさ

Nanori

はざ

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Common Words

狭いせまい～い Adj.Freq #1248
1

narrow; confined; small; cramped

Examples
この部屋は私たちにとって狭すぎる。
This room is too small for us.
2

limited; narrow-minded; confining

Examples
彼女は狭い範囲でしか物が見えない。
Her viewpoint is limited.
狭間迫間間はざまはさまNounFreq #10571
1

interval; space; interstice; threshold

2

Also 硲

valley; gorge; ravine

3

loophole (in a wall); crenel; eyelet

狭まるせばまるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #18003
1

to narrow; to contract

Examples
両者の溝が狭まった。
The gap between them has narrowed.
狭めるせばめるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #19343
1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

所狭しとところ狭しと所せましと所せしとところせましと (所狭しと／ところ狭しと／所せましと)ところせしと (所狭しと／ところ狭しと／所せしと)AdverbFreq #20157
1

crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

手狭てぜま～な Adj.Freq #24942
1

narrow; small; cramped

Examples
この部屋はとても手狭なので、もうこれ以上家具を置くのはむりだよ。
This room is very small, so it is impossible to put more furniture in it.
狭苦しいせまくるしい～い Adj.Freq #25863
1

cramped

Examples
こんな狭苦しい部屋からは一刻も早く脱出したいよ。
I want to move out of this cramped room as soon as I can.
狭せNounFreq #27126
1

Usu. as 〜も狭に

narrowness; being cramped; being almost full

肩身が狭いかたみがせまい～い Adj.ExpressionFreq #30347
1

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

狭量きょうりょうNoun～な Adj.Freq #30657
1

narrow-minded; intolerant; petty

Examples
彼の上役は狭量さを軽蔑している。
He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.
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