Illustration: A delivery worker carries a wide, empty laundry basket down a residential alley between Japanese houses. Near the street, there is ample room on either side of the basket, but farther in, the walls draw steadily closer together.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

狭せばまる

sebamaru

to narrow

Example sentences

  1. 両者りょうしゃの溝みぞが狭せばまった。

    The gap between them has narrowed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 落語らくごの独自性どくじせいを示しめす機会きかいは狭せばまっていった。

    They had fewer and fewer opportunities to present their unique art.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この峠とうげは冬季通行止とうきつうこうどめにはならないが、除雪じょせつの関係かんけいで積雪時せきせつじには道幅みちはばが狭せばまる。

    The pass is not closed in the winter, however the road become narrower when the snow is heaped up.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 狭

  • 狭cramped; narrowOnキョウ・コウKunせまい・せばめる・せばまる

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