肩身が狭い

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: S

Grade: 3
せま
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
肩身が狹い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠mʲi ɡa̠ se̞ma̠i]

Adjective

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(かた)()(せま) (katami ga semai-i (adverbial (かた)()(せま) (katami ga semaku))

  1. feeling small, ashamed, unable to hold one's head high

Usage notes

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  • This phrase has a syntactical subject 肩身. Thus the semantic subject is usually indefinite or implied. Otherwise, the semantic subject can be introduced as an absolute topic with /, or as the possessor of the syntactical subject with . Also, the subject marker may be omitted, giving 肩身狭い, or when the phrase is used attributively, may be replaced by , giving 肩身の狭い.

Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN