Nihoner

狭せまく

せまく · semaku

JLPT N5 i-adjective 連用形

is the masu-stem of 狭い — narrow, confined, small, cramped.

  • limited, narrow-minded, confining
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How it’s built

狭い 狭く

Masu-stem (). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

狭い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Negative 狭くないせまくない
Past 狭かったせまかった
Past negative 狭くなかったせまくなかった
Te-form 狭くてせまくて
Adverb ← this one狭くせまく
Before a noun 狭いせまい
Ba-conditional 狭ければせまければ
Tara-conditional 狭かったらせまかったら
Become ~ 狭くなるせまくなる
Too ~ 狭すぎるせますぎる

Drill every form in the Conjugation Dojo →

In real sentences

From here on, the road becomes narrow.

Nihoner sentence bank

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う狭かっ
masu-stem of 狭い