低い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひく
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「低い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 低く くく

Terminal (終止形) 低い
Attributive (連体形) 低い
Key constructions
Informal negative 低くない くくない
くない

Informal past 低かった くかった
かった

Informal negative past 低くなかった くくなかった
くなかった

Formal 低いです いです
Conjunctive 低くて くくて
くて

Conditional 低ければ くければ
ければ

Adjective

(ひく) (hikui-i (adverbial (ひく) (hikuku))

  1. low
    血圧(けつあつ)(ひく)
    ketsuatsu ga hikui
    blood pressure is low
    • 1933, 海野十三, 空襲下の日本:
      その(むこ)うの(かど)(はい)ると、屋根(やね)(ひく)町家(まちや)(なら)()っていた。
      Sono mukou no kado o hairu to, yane no hikui machiya ga narabitatte ita.
      He turned the corner and there was a line of townhouses with low roofs.
  2. short (height)
    身長(しんちょう)(ひく)彼氏(かれし)
    shinchō no hikui kareshi
    short boyfriend
    • 1923, 宮本百合子, 弟子の心:
      その時分(じぶん)から、(わたし)はまるで()(ひく)であったので、(きゅう)では一番前列(いちばんまえれつ)(せき)がある。
      Sono jibun kara, watashi wa marude se hikuku de atta node, kyū de wa ichiban mae retsu ni seki ga aru.
      At that time I was so short that I my seat was in the row at the head of the class.
  3. low in pitch
    (ひく)(こえ)
    hikui koe
    low voice
    • 1915, 豊島与志雄, 囚われ:
      「ええ、」と富子(とみこ)(ひく)(こた)えた。
      “Ē,” to Tomiko wa hikuku kotaeta.
      "Mhm," Tomiko replied in a low voice.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN