狭

Meaning

狭 centers on a lack of space: something cramped, narrow, or tight. The idea of contracting or squeezing inward is a natural extension of that same spatial restriction.

• 狭いせまい
  N5

  narrow; confined; small; cramped

• 狭間はざま

  interval; space; interstice; threshold

• 若狭わかさ

  Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

• 狭窄きょうさく

  contraction; narrowing

• 狭義きょうぎ

  narrow sense (e.g. of a word)

• 狭まるせばまる
  N1

  to narrow; to contract

• 手狭てぜま

  narrow; small; cramped

• 狭しせばし

  narrow; confined; small

• 狭小きょうしょう

  narrow; cramped; small-sized

• 狭心症きょうしんしょう

  angina pectoris

• 狭量きょうりょう

  narrow-minded; intolerant; petty

• 狭めるせばめる
  N1

  to narrow; to reduce; to contract

• 偏狭へんきょう

  narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness

• 狭隘きょうあい

  narrow; small; confined

• 狭き門せまきもん

  the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate

• 心が狭いこころがせまい
  N2

  narrow-minded

• 世間は広いようで狭いせけんはひろいようでせまい

  though it seems big, it's a small world

• 幅の狭いはばのせまい

  narrow

• 幽門狭窄ゆうもんきょうさく

  pyloric stenosis

• 広狭こうきょう

  width; width and narrowness

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