How to say narrow in Japanese

JLPTN5
狭い☆【せまいsemai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • narrow; confined; small; cramped
  • limited; narrow-minded; confining

Example Sentences

山越えyamagoeのno道michiはha狭くsemaku、しかもshikamo急勾配kyuukoubaiだったdatta。
The road across the mountain was narrow, and what's more, it was a steep slope.
難民nanminがgaごみごみgomigomiしたshita裏町uramachiにni住んでいましたsundeimashita。
The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.
マイクロファイバーMAIKUROFUAIBAAクロスKUROSUはha、髪の毛kaminokeのno１００分のbunno１と１toいうiu細hosoさsaのno繊維sen'iでde編みあげられたamiageraretaクロスKUROSUですdesu。
Microfibre cloth is cloth woven from fibres as narrow as a hundredth of the width of a hair.
企業kigyouはha、競合他社kyougoutashaをwo業界gyoukai内naiのno狭いsemai範囲han'iでde捉えてtoraete、本当hontouのnoライバルRAIBARUをwo明確にmeikakuni理解rikaiしてないshitenai場合baaiがga数多くkazuookuありますarimasu。
Businesses perceive as competitors a narrow range of the business world; there are many cases where they don't understand their real rivals.
まあまあmaamaaなんてnante細いhosoi腰koshiなnaのno！おo顔kaoもmo小さくてchiisakute、本当にhontouniおo人形ningyouさんsanみたいmitai！
My what a narrow waist! Her face is small, she really looks just like a doll!

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