Word Meaning 狭き門

せまきもん semakimon

狭き門 is read as せまきもん (semakimon) and means the strait gate (in the Bible).

Meaning

English

  1. the strait gate (in the Bible)
  2. the narrow gate
  3. high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.)
  4. difficult hurdle
  5. difficulty
  6. obstacle

Reading

Kana

せまきもん

Romaji

semakimon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 20467 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

狭き門より入れ

せまきもんよりいれ

enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction)

幽門狭窄

ゆうもんきょうさく

pyloric stenosis

狭間

はざま

loophole (in a wall)

狭める

せばめる

to narrow

狭まる

せばまる

to narrow

狭い

せまい

limited

狭心症

きょうしんしょう

angina pectoris

狭義

きょうぎ

narrow sense (e.g. of a word)

狭義の遺伝率

きょうぎのいでんりつ

narrow-sense heritability

狭小

きょうしょう

narrow

狭衣物語

さごろもものがたり

The Tale of Sagoromo (ca 1060 CE)

狭端体

きょうたんたい

stenotele