狭い

Japanese

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

Etymology

Cognate with 攻(せ)める (semeru), 責(せ)める (semeru), 迫(せま)る (semaru), 狭(せば)める (sebameru), and 狭(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 せ​まく
せま​く
[séꜜmàkù]
[sèmáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 狭い せま​い [sèmáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 狭い せま​い [sèmáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 狭くない せ​まくない
せま​くない
[séꜜmàkùnàì]
[sèmáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 狭かった せ​まかった
せま​かった
[séꜜmàkàttà]
[sèmáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 狭くなかった せ​まくなかった
せま​くなかった
[séꜜmàkùnàkàttà]
[sèmáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 狭いです せま​いです [sèmáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 狭くて せ​まくて
せま​くて
[séꜜmàkùtè]
[sèmáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 狭ければ せ​まければ
せま​ければ
[séꜜmàkèrèbà]
[sèmáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

狭(せま)い • (semai) -i (adverbial 狭(せま)く (semaku))

  1. (pertaining to width) narrow, confined
    Antonym: 広い (hiroi)
  2. (pertaining to area) small
    世間(せけん)は狭(せま)いですね。
    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, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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