Illustration: Inside a Japanese house, a resident slides a partition door toward its frame, deliberately reducing the broad opening to a slim gap. Their hand remains firmly on the recessed handle, and their body leans into the closing movement.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

狭せばめる

sebameru

to narrow, to reduce

Example sentences

  1. ウインドウを狭せばめてもレイアウトが崩くずれない方法ほうほうを教おしえて下ください。

    Please tell me how I can keep the layout unchanged even with a smaller window.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 京都府庁敷地内きょうとふちょうしきちないでの発掘調査はっくつちょうさにより、沿道えんどうの建物たてものが建たて替かえられるたびに道幅みちはばが狭せばめられ、現在げんざいのような狭せまい道みちとなった過程かていが明あきらかになった。

    It has been made clear that the street became narrower and narrower each time buildings along the street were rebuilt, until it reached its current width, as a result of excavation researches within the precinct of Kyoto Prefectural Head Office.

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

  3. しかし、戦乱せんらんの時代じだいが終おわるとともにその居場所いばしょを狭せばめられていった。

    However, as the era of warfare came to an end, they found their place increasingly restricted.

    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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