広い
ひろい
hepburn hiroi
wide, spacious
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 広い部屋ですね。It's a wide room.
- 視野が広い人です。A person with a broad perspective.
Collocations
広い部屋 (wide room)広い視野 (broad perspective, idiom)広場 (hiroba, plaza/square)広告 (koukoku, advertisement — "wide-tell")広さ (hirosa, width)
Mnemonic
広い hiroi — "wide/broad". Spatial + figurative perspective. Opposite: 狭い semai. Onyomi こう (kou): 広告 koukoku (advertisement, "wide-tell"), 広場 hiroba (plaza), 広範 kouhan (extensive). Idiom 視野が広い = "broad-minded".
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