英和和英

読み方 せまい

名詞

Rice given in charity:（=する） to give rice, deal out rice （to the poor）

読み方 せまい

形容詞相当語句

Narrow （street）; strait （gate）; small （house）; tight （coat）; limited （range）; （to be） pinched for room, cramped for room, confined for space

用例

• 幅が狭い
  to be narrow

• 京都は町幅が狭い
  Kyoto has narrow streets.
• 道幅が狭くて自動車が通れぬ
  The roads are too narrow for motor-cars （to pass）.
• 家が狭い
  The house is too small.
• 家が狭くて窮屈だ
  We are pinched for room―cramped for room―confined for space.
• この洋服は狭い
  This is a tight coat
  This suit is a tight fit.
• 胸の辺が狭い
  It is too tight about the chest.
• 範囲が狭い
  The range is limited.
• 彼は活動範囲が狭い
  He has a limited sphere of activity―a small stage to play upon.
• 用語範囲が狭い
  He has a limited vocabulary.
• 交際が狭い
  He has a small circle of acquaintance.
• 日本のような狭い舞台では大きなことはできぬ
  Japan is too small a country for a great undertaking.
• 土地が狭いから商売が発展せぬ
  The place is too small for a large trade.
• 世間は広いようで狭い
  The world is not so wide as it seems to be.
• 広い世間を狭くする
  to lose credit with everybody
• 彼は心が狭い
  He is narrow-minded
  He is a man of narrow views.
• そりゃ狭い了簡だ
  That is a narrow view of life.
• 品物の販路が狭い
  There is only a small market for the goods.
• そう思うと肩身が狭いようだ
  I feel small―I feel cheap―It is humiliating―to think so.
• 学校が盛んになって校舎が狭くなる
  The school is growing too large for the building―outgrowing the building.
• 天低し地狭し
  For him, the heavens are not high enough, the earth is not wide enough.
• 大道狭しと押し歩く
  to stalk through the streets―lord it over the town