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Learn Hardcore Japanese: semai - cramped

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 33
/semai

semai

Word

せまいsemai

Meaning

cramped

Part of speech

i-adjective

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of semai

小ちいさな　家庭かてい　に　して　は、　本ほん　が　多おおくて　部屋へや　が　少すこし　せまい　です。chiisana katei ni shite wa, hon ga ookute heya ga sukoshi semai desu.

For a small household, we have so many books that the room is a bit cramped.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

この　部屋へや　は　せまい　です　が、　静しずか　です。kono heya wa semai desu ga, shizuka desu.

This room is small, but it is quiet.

正直しょうじき　に　言いう　と、　この　部屋へや　は　少すこし　せまい　です。shoujiki ni iu to, kono heya wa sukoshi semai desu.

Honestly, this room is a little cramped.

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