N3324/1669

はば

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

  • width, breadth
  • freedom (e.g. of thought), latitude
  • gap, difference (e.g. in price), range (e.g. of voice)

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Example sentences

このみちはばは5メートルです。

The width of this road is 5 meters.

彼女かのじょかんがかたはばひろひとだ。

She is a person with a broad range of thinking.

ふたつの商品しょうひん値段ねだんはばがかなりおおきい。

The price gap between the two products is quite large.

このたなはばせまくて、ほんがたくさんはいらない。

This shelf is too narrow in width, so it can't hold many books.

あたらしい経験けいけんむことで、人生じんせいはばひろがるとおもう。

I think that accumulating new experiences broadens the range of one's life.