Japanese symbol for “parochial”
度量の狭い
どりょうのせまい
Romaji: doryounosemai
parochial; narrow-minded; prejudiced
In Japanese, parochial is 度量の狭い, read どりょうのせまい (doryounosemai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- exp parochial; narrow-minded; prejudiced
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “parochial”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 田舎っぽい | いなかっぽい inakappoi | provincial; rural; parochial |
| ドメスティック | ドメスティック domesutikku | parochial; noncosmopolitan; provincial |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 程度 | ていど teido | degree; amount; grade |
| 今度 | こんど kondo | this time; now |
| 制度 | せいど seido | system; institution; organization |
| 年度 | ねんど nendo | fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year |
| 態度 | たいど taido | attitude; manner; behaviour |
| 速度 | そくど sokudo | speed; velocity; pace |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
| 狭い | せまい semai | narrow; confined; small |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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