JLPT N5 · い-adjective

狭い (semai)

狭い (せまい, semai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “narrow; confined”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: せまい
Romaji: semai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

narrow; confined; small; cramped · い-adjective
limited; narrow-minded; confining · い-adjective

Example sentences

この部屋は私たちにとって狭すぎる。

This room is too small for us.

Tatoeba #219999

彼女は狭い範囲でしか物が見えない。

Her viewpoint is limited.

Tatoeba #90450

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 狭い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	狭い	せまい semai
Negative	狭くない	せまくない semakunai
Past	狭かった	せまかった semakatta
Negative past	狭くなかった	せまくなかった semakunakatta
Te-form	狭くて	せまくて semakute
Adverb (~ku)	狭く	せまく semaku
Conditional (~ba)	狭ければ	せまければ semakereba

Kanji in 狭い

狭

cramped, narrow, contractキョウ・コウ・せま.い・せば.める · 9 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1237680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.