► 動詞
窄まる [(3)すぼまる] meaning: narrow rank: 3
☆ 瓶の口はすぼまっている ⇨ The opening of the bottle is narrower (than the body)
窄む [すぼむ] meaning: narrow rank: 3
☆ 花は未だすぼんでいる ⇨ The flower is still closed, not blooming yet
窄める [(3)すぼめる] meaning: narrow rank: 3
☆ 彼女は口をすぼめた ⇨ She puckered her lips
☆ 彼女は肩をすぼめた ⇨ She narrowed, shrugged, her shoulders
狭まる [(3)せばまる] meaning: narrow rank: 3
☆ 彼は病気で食道が狭まっている ⇨ His esophagus has become narrow because of illness
☆ 日本のサッカーと世界の一流との差はかなり狭まった ⇨ The gap between Japanese football and the world’s best has narrowed a fair amount
狭める [(3)せばめる] meaning: narrow rank: 3
☆ 検索の条件を狭めないといけない ⇨ I need to narrow the search conditions
括れる [くびれる] meaning: narrow rank: 4
☆ 彼女のくびれた腰 ⇨ Her narrow waist (as in a hourglass figure) (☛ Become narrow than other parts)
竦める [(3)すくめる] [肩を竦める] meaning: narrow rank: 4
☆ 彼は肩をすくめた ⇨ He shrugged his shoulder
► 名詞
狭さ [(1)さまさ] meaning: narrow rank: 2
☆ 彼の心の狭さが明らかになった ⇨ His narrow-mindedness, selfishness, stinginess, became obvious
► 形容詞
狭い [(2)せまい] meaning: narrow rank: 1
☆ 彼は世間が狭い ⇨ He lives in a narrow world. He doesn’t know many people, the reality of the world
☆ 彼は心が狭い ⇨ He is narrow-minded
☆ 古い街の狭い道 ⇨ A narrow alley in an old town (☛ Unlike 細い, usually not just narrow in width, but there are walls or buildings on both sides.)
細い [(2)ほそい] meaning: narrow rank: 1
☆ 森の中の細い道 ⇨ A narrow path in a forest (☛ Unlike 狭い, usually narrow in width but not in a walled space)