狭い

How to remember it

Picture squeezing into a narrow space — 狭 evokes being pressed on both sides.

Example sentences

• この部屋は少し狭いです。

  このへやはすこしせまいです。

  This room is a little narrow.

• 道が狭くて車が通れません。

  みちがせまくてくるまがとおれません。

  The road is so narrow that cars can't pass.

Usage

Opposite of 広い (wide/spacious); commonly describes rooms, roads, or minds.

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