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Japanese
Pronunciation
- Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「低い」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
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Stem forms
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Continuative (連用形)
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低く
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ひくく ひくく
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Terminal (終止形)
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低い
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ひくい
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Attributive (連体形)
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低い
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ひくい
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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低くない
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ひくくない ひくくない
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Informal past
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低かった
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ひくかった ひくかった
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Informal negative past
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低くなかった
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ひくくなかった ひくくなかった
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Formal
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低いです
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ひくいです
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Conjunctive
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低くて
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ひくくて ひくくて
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Conditional
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低ければ
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ひくければ ひくければ
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Adjective
低い • (hikui) -i (adverbial 低く (hikuku))
- low
- 血圧が低い
- ketsuatsu ga hikui
- blood pressure is low
- 1933, 海野十三, 空襲下の日本:
- その向うの角を入ると、屋根の低い町家が並び立っていた。
- 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.
- short (height)
- 身長の低い彼氏
- shinchō no hikui kareshi
- short boyfriend
- 1923, 宮本百合子, 弟子の心:
- その時分から、私はまるで背低くであったので、級では一番前列に席がある。
- 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.
- low in pitch
- 低い声
- hikui koe
- low voice
- 1915, 豊島与志雄, 囚われ:
- 「ええ、」と富子は低く答えた。
- “Ē,” to Tomiko wa hikuku kotaeta.
- "Mhm," Tomiko replied in a low voice.
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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低かろ
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ひくかろ
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hikukaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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低く
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ひくく
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hikuku
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Terminal (終止形)
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低い
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ひくい
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hikui
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Attributive (連体形)
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低い
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ひくい
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hikui
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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低けれ
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ひくけれ
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hikukere
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Imperative (命令形)
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低かれ
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ひくかれ
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hikukare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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低くない
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ひくくない
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hikuku nai
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Informal past
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低かった
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ひくかった
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hikukatta
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Informal negative past
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低くなかった
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ひくくなかった
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hikuku nakatta
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Formal
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低いです
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ひくいです
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hikui desu
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Formal negative
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低くないです
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ひくくないです
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hikuku nai desu
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Formal past
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低かったです
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ひくかったです
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hikukatta desu
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Formal negative past
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低くなかったです
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ひくくなかったです
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hikuku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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低くて
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ひくくて
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hikukute
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Conditional
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低ければ
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ひくければ
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hikukereba
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Provisional
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低かったら
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ひくかったら
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hikukattara
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Volitional
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低かろう
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ひくかろう
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hikukarō
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Adverbial
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低く
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ひくく
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hikuku
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Degree
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低さ
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ひくさ
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hikusa
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Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “low”): 高い (takai)
References