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狭い

狭い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せま
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Adjective

狭い (-i inflection, hiragana せまい, romaji semai)

  1. (pertaining to width) narrow, confined ant.
  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.

Antonyms

Inflection

Derived terms

  • 肩身 (かたみ) (せま) (katami ga semai); feeling ashamed
  • 肩身 (かたみ) (せま) (katami no semai); ashamed
  •  (こころ) (せま) (kokoro no semai); narrow-minded, shallow
  • 視野 (しや) (せま) (shiya no semai); shortsighted, narrow-minded
  • 世間 (せけん) (ひろ) (よう) (せま) (seken wa hiroi yō de semai); it's a small world after all
  • 所狭 (ところせま) (tokoro semai); crowded, overflowing, cramped
  • 度量 (どりょう) (せま) (doryō no semai); parochial, narrow-minded, prejudiced
  •  (せま)部屋 (へや) (semai heya); a small room