はば
Meanings
Noun
1. width; breadth
2. freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude
3. gap; difference (e.g. in price); range (e.g. of voice)
Kanji used
width
Pitch accent
Top 3100
Used in vocabulary (62 in total)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
extensive; wide; broad
step; pace; stride
shoulder width (breadth)
breadth; width
width of a road
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
width of a river
cloth width
long jump; broad jump
width of a garment
to become wider
profit margin
small; narrow; single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)
to take up a lot of space; to have a large space to oneself
(car) being run off the road
price range or fluctuation
extent of decrease; degree of reduction
to have great influence over
breadth of the chest
wide; presumptuous
baseboard; skirting board
long jump; broad jump
long jump; broad jump
half-width cloth (approx. 18 cm)
range of fluctuation; fluctuation margin
fixed-width (e.g. font)
breadth of the back
standard-width cloth (approx. 36 cm)
bus width
influential; man of influence
width of character
character width
cloth width
standard-width cloth (approx. 36 cm)
medium-width cloth (approx. 45 cm wide); medium-width kimono sash (approx. 26 cm); medium-width obi
half power beamwidth (also 3dB beamwidth)
FWHM; full width half maximum; spectral width
double width character
interior breadth (of a ship); molded breadth
pulse width; pulsewidth
FWHM; full width half maximum; spectral width
double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters)
single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters)
Petalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)
to do as one wishes; to get one's way; to be proud; to boast
Examples (7 in total)
The streets in Hokkaido are wide.
The width of the road is insufficient for safe driving.
How wide is this river?