狭きょう義ぎ

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

narrow sense; strict sense

Used to specify a restricted or precise meaning of a term, often contrasted with 広義 (broad sense). Common in definitions and academic writing.

See also: 広義

• 狭きょう義ぎの「文ぶん学がく」は詩しや小しょう説せつを指さす。

  In the narrow sense, 'literature' refers to poetry and novels.

• この用よう語ごは狭きょう義ぎには特とく定ていの疾しっ患かんだけを意い味みする。

  In the strict sense, this term means only a specific disease.