狭める|せばめるsebameru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto narrow; to reduce; to contract
Conjugation
Dictionary form狭める(せばめる)
Polite (masu)狭めます(せばめます)
Negative (nai)狭めない(せばめない)
polite (masen)狭めません(せばめません)
classical zu / nu狭めず・狭めぬ(せばめず・せばめぬ)
Past (ta)狭めた(せばめた)
polite (mashita)狭めました(せばめました)
Past negative (nakatta)狭めなかった(せばめなかった)
polite (masen deshita)狭めませんでした(せばめませんでした)
Te form狭めて(せばめて)
Potential狭められる(せばめられる)
Passive狭められる(せばめられる)
Causative狭めさせる(せばめさせる)
Causative passive狭めさせられる(せばめさせられる)
Conditional (ba)狭めれば(せばめれば)
tara狭めたら(せばめたら)
Volitional狭めよう(せばめよう)
polite (mashou)狭めましょう(せばめましょう)
Imperative狭めろ(せばめろ)

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

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive狭めるせばめる⇄intransitive狭まるせばまる
車くるまが道幅みちはばを狭せばめる
狭まる describes the road width becoming narrow as a spontaneous or natural change, while 狭める focuses on an agent (here, the car) actively causing that narrowing.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 幅はばなどを狭せまくする。
  2. 人ひとを苦くるしめる。迫害はくがいする。
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