広い (ひろい, hiroi) Japanese meaning: spacious | Kotomora

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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

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
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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

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').

広ひろい

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