狭い

せまい

Narrow; cramped

N5i-adjective·semai

How to remember it

Picture a tight gorge (峡) — the 狭 component it shares means squeezed and narrow.

Example sentences

  • この部屋はとても狭いです。

    このへやはとてもせまいです。

    This room is very cramped.

  • 狭い道を通って学校へ行きます。

    せまいみちをとおってがっこうへいきます。

    I go to school through a narrow street.

Usage

Opposite is 広い (hiroi); also describes a narrow mind (心が狭い).

Related words

広い部屋小さい

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