狭まる|せばまるsebamaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto narrow; to contract
    両者りょうしゃの溝みぞが狭せばまった。↗
    The gap between them has narrowed.
Conjugation
Dictionary form狭まる(せばまる)
Polite (masu)狭まります(せばまります)
Negative (nai)狭まらない(せばまらない)
polite (masen)狭まりません(せばまりません)
classical zu / nu狭まらず・狭まらぬ(せばまらず・せばまらぬ)
Past (ta)狭まった(せばまった)
polite (mashita)狭まりました(せばまりました)
Past negative (nakatta)狭まらなかった(せばまらなかった)
polite (masen deshita)狭まりませんでした(せばまりませんでした)
Te form狭まって(せばまって)
Potential狭まれる(せばまれる)
Passive狭まられる(せばまられる)
Causative狭まらせる(せばまらせる)
Causative passive狭まらせられる・狭まらされる(せばまらせられる・せばまらされる)
Conditional (ba)狭まれば(せばまれば)
tara狭まったら(せばまったら)
Volitional狭まろう(せばまろう)
polite (mashou)狭まりましょう(せばまりましょう)
Imperative狭まれ(せばまれ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive狭まるせばまる⇄transitive狭めるせばめる
道幅みちはばが狭せばまる
狭まる describes something becoming narrower as a spontaneous or natural change, while 狭める focuses on an agent deliberately causing that narrowing.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 狭せまくなる。詰つまる。
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