窄まる

• 読み: すぼまる
• ローマ字: subomaru
• 漢字の分解: 窄 (subo) — narrow, constricted
• 発音: /sɯ.bo.ma.ɾɯ/

意味

To narrow; to contract; to taper. To become smaller or more restricted in width or opening.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. 窄まる describes something becoming narrower — a road that tapers (道が窄まる), a pipe that contracts, or an opening that draws closed. It can also be used figuratively: 選択肢が窄まる (options narrow), 視野が窄まる (one's perspective narrows). The kanji 窄 means narrow, straitened. Its transitive counterpart is 窄める (subomeru — to narrow something actively).

例文

1. 山岳地帯に入ると道幅が窄まり、すれ違いもままならなくなった。
2. 経済状況の悪化により、若者が選べる進路が窄まってきている。
3. 傷口が徐々に窄まっていくのを確認しながら、医師は処置を続けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: geography, medicine, social commentary, engineering

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the kanji 窄 (subo — narrow, constricted) combined with the intransitive verb ending -まる. The kanji contains 穴 (hole) and 乍 (suddenly), conveying an opening that closes in. 窄まる and 窄める form an intransitive/transitive pair.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional-Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal