狭う
せもう · semou
JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形
狭う is the masu-stem of 狭い — narrow, confined, small, cramped.
- limited, narrow-minded, confining
How it’s built
狭い
狭う
Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.
This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).
狭い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.
Name that form
Three more forms of 狭い. Can you tell what each one is?
Every form of 狭い
| Negative (ない形) | 狭くないせまくない |
| Past (た形) | 狭かったせまかった |
| Past negative (なかった) | 狭くなかったせまくなかった |
| Te-form (て形) | 狭くてせまくて |
| Adverb (副詞形) | 狭くせまく |
| Before a noun (連体形) | 狭いせまい |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 狭ければせまければ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 狭かったらせまかったら |
| Become ~ (~なる) | 狭くなるせまくなる |
| Too ~ (~すぎる) | 狭すぎるせますぎる |
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Other forms and spellings
狭ゅう狭けれ狭きゃ狭けりゃ狭かろ狭かろう狭かろふ狭い狭え狭く狭かっSave your words
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