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Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
細め
細目(ateji)

 hosome
    ほそめ
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (ant: 太め) thinnish; somewhat narrow

Variations:
覗き見
のぞき見
覗きみ

 nozokimi
    のぞきみ
(noun, transitive verb) peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

Variations:
詰まる
詰る(sK)

 tsumaru
    つまる
(v5r,vi) (1) to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule); (v5r,vi) (2) to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be stopped up; (v5r,vi) (3) to be become shorter; to shrink; to narrow; (v5r,vi) (4) (oft. as ...に詰まる) to be at a loss (for); to be pressed (for); to be stuck (for); (v5r,vi) (5) (See 詰まるところ) to come to the end; to be settled; (v5r,vi) (6) (See 促音) to become a geminate consonant; (v5r,vi) (7) {baseb} to hit the bat close to the batter's hands (of a pitch); to hit off the fists; to get jammed

Variations:
間一髪のところ
間一髪の所

 kanippatsunotokoro
    かんいっぱつのところ
(exp,n) close call; narrow escape

Variations:
ケチ臭い
けち臭い
吝嗇臭い

 kechikusai(kechi臭i); kechikusai(kechi臭i, 吝嗇臭i)
    ケチくさい(ケチ臭い); けちくさい(けち臭い, 吝嗇臭い)
(adjective) (1) stingy; mean; tight-fisted; cheap; (adjective) (2) narrow-minded; petty; mean; (adjective) (3) shabby; poor

Variations:
ナローゲージ
ナロー・ゲージ

 naroogeeji; naroo geeji
    ナローゲージ; ナロー・ゲージ
(See 狭軌) narrow gauge

井蛙は以って海を語る可からず

see styles
 seiahamotteumiokatarubekarazu / seahamotteumiokatarubekarazu
    せいあはもってうみをかたるべからず
(expression) (proverb) (See 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず,井蛙) a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it

Variations:
遣り水
遣水(io)
やり水

 yarimizu
    やりみず
(1) (See 寝殿造り) stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian-period villa); (2) watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)

Variations:
のぼり旗
幟旗
昇り旗(rK)

 noboribata
    のぼりばた
(See のぼり・1) nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top

Variations:
磯躑躅(rK)
石躑躅(sK)

 isotsutsuji; isotsutsuji
    イソツツジ; いそつつじ
(1) (kana only) (broad sense) wild rosemary (Ledum palustre subsp. diversipilosum); rhododendron diversipilosum; (2) (kana only) (narrow sense) crystal tea ledum (Ledum palustre subsp. diversipilosum var. nipponicum)

Variations:
キツネ目
狐目
きつね目(sK)

 kitsuneme
    きつねめ
narrow, slanted eyes

サンフェリクスバタフライフィッシュ

see styles
 sanferikusubatafuraifisshu
    サンフェリクスバタフライフィッシュ
narrow-barred butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon melbae)

Variations:
奥の細道
おくのほそ道
おくの細道

 okunohosomichi
    おくのほそみち
(work) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)

Variations:
際どいところ
際どい所
きわどい所

 kiwadoitokoro
    きわどいところ
(exp,n) (often 〜で) close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour

Variations:
ケチ臭い
けち臭い
吝嗇臭い(rK)

 kechikusai; kechikusai
    ケチくさい; けちくさい
(adjective) (1) (kana only) stingy; mean; tight-fisted; cheap; (adjective) (2) (kana only) narrow-minded; petty; mean; (adjective) (3) (kana only) shabby; poor

Variations:
ナローシルエット
ナロー・シルエット

 narooshiruetto; naroo shiruetto
    ナローシルエット; ナロー・シルエット
narrow silhouette (fashion style)

Variations:
針の穴から天覗く
針の穴から天のぞく

 harinoanakaratennozoku
    はりのあなからてんのぞく
(exp,v5k) (idiom) to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the sky through the eye of a needle

Variations:
一丁
一挺(sK)
一梃(sK)

 icchou / iccho
    いっちょう
(1) (See 丁・1) one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); (2) (See 丁・2) one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); (3) (also written as 一挺, 一梃) (See 丁) one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); (4) one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); (5) one game; one task; (adverb) (6) (said when starting something) well then; right

Variations:
短冊
短尺(rK)
短籍(rK)

 tanzaku(p); tanjaku
    たんざく(P); たんじゃく
(1) tanzaku; poem slip; poetry slip; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); (2) (abbreviation) (See 短冊形) thin rectangle

Variations:
キャットウォーク
キャットウオーク

 kyattowooku(p); kyattouooku / kyattowooku(p); kyattoooku
    キャットウォーク(P); キャットウオーク
(1) catwalk (narrow walkway above a stage, along the side of a bridge, etc.); (2) (indoor) cat playground; cat shelves; cat bridge; (3) (See ランウェイ・1) catwalk (at a fashion show); runway

Variations:
鍵の穴から天を覗く
鍵の穴から天をのぞく

 kaginoanakaratenonozoku
    かぎのあなからてんをのぞく
(exp,v5k) (idiom) to have a narrow view of things; to peep at the sky through a keyhole

Variations:
奥の細道
おくのほそ道
おくの細道
奥のほそ道

 okunohosomichi
    おくのほそみち
(work) The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)

Variations:
のぼり旗
幟旗
昇り旗(rK)
登り旗(sK)
上り旗(sK)

 noboribata; noborihata(sk)
    のぼりばた; のぼりはた(sk)
(See のぼり・1) nobori; long, narrow banner attached to a pole on one side and a horizontal rod along the top

Variations:
絞り込む
絞込む
絞りこむ
しぼり込む
搾り込む
搾りこむ
搾込む

 shiborikomu
    しぼりこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to squeeze; to wring out; (transitive verb) (2) to narrow down; to refine

Variations:
絞り込む
搾り込む(rK)
絞込む(sK)
絞りこむ(sK)
しぼり込む(sK)
搾りこむ(sK)
搾込む(sK)

 shiborikomu
    しぼりこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to squeeze; to wring out; (transitive verb) (2) to narrow down; to refine

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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