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狭 means 'narrow'
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On コウ
Kun さ
Name はざ
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The word 'narrow' makes me think of 'skinny,' as in the delightfully named diet book Skinny Bitch. But skinny isn't what you'll find with 狭, even though it means 'narrow.' The Japanese associate 狭 with crowdedness. Learn various words for cramped spaces, from a tiny apartment to a clogged artery. We'll even cover narrow-mindedness and narrow interpretations of words. You'll get the skinny on all of it!
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 狭 is used 7 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 狭 is used 47 times, read 4 ways (with 3 variations).
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キョウ
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'na' adjective, noun
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
さ
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`ku' adjective (archaic)
1. narrow; confined; small (archaic)`shiku' adjective (archaic)
2. narrow; confined; small (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading せばし)(click the word to view an additional 3 readings, examples and links)
せまい
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narrow; confined; small
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せばまる
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to narrow; to reduce; to contract(click the word for examples and links)
せまい
(read as ぜま)
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さ
(read as ざ)
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はざ:
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noun
1. interval; threshold; interstice2. valley; gorge; ravine
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An additional 3 less common words include 狭 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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