Kanji Details:
- 狭
- Frequency:1346
- Kun: せま.い, せば.める, せば.まる, さ
- On: キョウ, コウ
- Meaning: cramped, narrow, contract, tight
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 狭心症 きょうしんしょう heart attack, angina pectoris 狭き門 せまきもん narrow gate, obstacle, school (position) hard to enter (get) 手狭 てぜま narrow, small, cramped 狭間 はざま interval, threshold, interstice; valley, gorge, ravine; loophole, eyelet 狭める せばめる to narrow, to reduce, to contract 狭まる せばまる to narrow, to contract 偏狭 へんきょう narrow-mindedness, intolerance, illiberality, narrowness 狭い せまい narrow, confined, small 狭義 きょうぎ narrow sense (e.g. of a word), strict 狭さく きょうさく stricture, stenosis, contraction