狭い

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Japanese

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

Etymology

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Cognate with ()める (semeru), ()める (semeru), (せま) (semaru), (せば)める (sebameru), and (せば)まる (sebamaru).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「狭い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 狭く まく
[séꜜmàkù]
[sèmáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 狭い [sèmáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 狭い [sèmáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 狭くない まくない
くない
[séꜜmàkùnàì]
[sèmáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 狭かった まかった
かった
[séꜜmàkàttà]
[sèmáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 狭くなかった まくなかった
くなかった
[séꜜmàkùnàkàttà]
[sèmáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 狭いです いです [sèmáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 狭くて まくて
くて
[séꜜmàkùtè]
[sèmáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 狭ければ まければ
ければ
[séꜜmàkèrèbà]
[sèmáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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(せま) (semai-i (adverbial (せま) (semaku))

  1. (pertaining to width) narrow, confined
    Antonym: 広い (hiroi)
  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.
  3. (golf) short

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN