広ひろい

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広い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	広ひろい	広ひろくない
Polite	広ひろいです	広ひろくないですalso 広ひろくありません
Past polite	広ひろかったです	広ひろくなかったですalso 広ひろくありませんでした
Past	広ひろかった	広ひろくなかった
Te-form	広ひろくて	広ひろくなくて
Adverbial	広ひろく
Conditional	広ひろければ	広ひろくなければ
Tara conditional	広ひろかったら	広ひろくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

spacious; wide; broad

Describes physical spaces, areas, or abstract scopes that are large in extent. Can also refer to broad-mindedness or wide knowledge.

この部屋へやはとても広ひろいですね。
This room is very spacious, isn't it?
彼かれは心こころが広ひろい人ひとだ。
He is a broad-minded person.
彼かの女じょは趣しゅ味みが広ひろい。
She has a wide range of hobbies.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉が広ひろいa place is spacious/wide
このアパートは部屋へやが広ひろい。
This apartment has spacious rooms.
広ひろい〈物もの〉a wide/spacious (noun)
家いえの裏うらに広ひろい庭にわがある。
There is a spacious garden behind the house.
〈事こと〉について広ひろい知ち識しきを持もつto have broad knowledge about something
彼かれは歴れき史しについて広ひろい知ち識しきを持もっている。
He has broad knowledge about history.

Expressions· 9

心こころが広ひろいgenerous; broad-minded; big-hearted
顔かおが広ひろいwell connected; having a wide circle of acquaintances
広ひろい額ひたいhigh brow; broad forehead
幅はばの広ひろいwide; broad
広ひろい支し持じbroad support; wide-ranging support

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心こころの広ひろいgenerous; broad-minded; big-hearted
用よう途とが広ひろいversatile; having many uses
肩かた身みが広ひろいfeel proud; hold one's head high

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Kanji

広wide, broad, spacious
廣broad, wide, spacious
弘vast, broad, wide

Related words· 7

広こう大だいN2
広大 is a more formal na-adjective for 'vast, immense', typically describing landscapes or large-scale areas, while 広い is the everyday word usable for rooms or minds too.
広ひろ々びろN2
広々 is an adverb/to-adjective (often 広々とした) that emphasizes the felt sense of openness, whereas 広い is the plain adjective stating a fact about size.
幅はば広ひろいN1
幅広い emphasizes a wide range or variety (e.g. of choices or people), while 広い more often describes physical spaciousness.
ワイド
広い is the native Japanese adjective for 'wide' or 'spacious', while ワイド is a loanword typically used in compounds like ワイド画面 rather than as a plain descriptive adjective.

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広ひろめ
広い simply means 'wide' or 'spacious', while 広め softens the description to 'somewhat wide' or 'on the wider side'.
広こう範はん囲い
広い is a basic everyday i-adjective for 'wide/spacious', while 広範囲 is a more formal na-adjective/noun that stresses the extent or scope of something.
大おおきいN5
広い focuses on spaciousness or width (as of a room or area), whereas 大きい covers overall size or scale more broadly.

Opposites

狭せまいN5
狭い means 'narrow, cramped' and is the direct opposite of 広い 'spacious, wide'.

Don't confuse with

大おおきいN5
大きい describes overall size or largeness of an object, while 広い specifically describes area or extent, so a house can be 大きい (big) without being 広い (spacious inside).

Word family· 37

広ひろがるN3
spread; extend; stretch; reach; fill
広ひろげるN3
spread; extend; expand; widen · unfold; open; unroll; unwrap · scatter about; spread around · make flourish; cause to prosper
広ひろ場ばN3
public square; plaza; forum · open space; clearing
幅はば広ひろいN1
wide; broad; extensive
広ひろがり
spread; expanse; extent

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広ひろまるN2
spread; be propagated; become widespread
広ひろめ
fairly wide; quite large; relatively spacious
広ひろめるN2
spread; propagate; popularize; disseminate · broaden; extend; widen; enlarge
広ひろまり
spread; diffusion; propagation
幅はば広びろ
wide; broad
末すえ広ひろ
spreading out like an open fan · becoming prosperous; flourishing · folding fan; ceremonial folding fan
背せ広びろN5
business suit
広ひろ々びろN2
spacious; extensive; wide-open
広ひろ間ま
hall; large room; reception room
手て広びろい
spacious; roomy; large · extensive; broad; wide-ranging
ハシビロコウ
shoebill
広ひろ小こう路じ
broad street; main street; avenue; boulevard
だだっ広ぴろい
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
広ひろ幅はば
wide-width fabric; double-width cloth
広ひろ口くち
wide-mouthed · shallow flower bowl
広ひろさN2
area; extent; size · width; breadth
前まえ広びろ
previous; beforehand; in advance
広ひろく
widely; extensively; broadly
広ひろ縁えん
broad veranda; spacious veranda; eaves
広ひろ袖そで
wide sleeve
鍔つば広びろ
wide brim
ハシビロガモ
northern shoveler; northern shoveller
ヒロハカツラ
Cercidiphyllum magnificum; a species of katsura tree
だだ広びろい
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
ヒロズコガ
tineid moth

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Written forms

広ひろいUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for 'spacious, wide, broad'.
ひろいUsage4%
廣ひろいUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Traditional form of 広い; not used in modern Japanese.
弘ひろいUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Rare variant kanji; mainly seen in proper nouns or literary contexts.

Etymology

From Old Japanese. The root ひろ (hiro) is related to width and spreading, also seen in 広がる (hirogaru, 'to spread out') and 広げる (hirogeru, 'to spread, widen').