低い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひく
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [hìkúꜜì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çikɯ̟ᵝi]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "低い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 低く くく
[híꜜkùkù]
[hìkúꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 低い [hìkúꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 低い [hìkúꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 低くない くくない
くない
[híꜜkùkùnàì]
[hìkúꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 低かった くかった
かった
[híꜜkùkàttà]
[hìkúꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 低くなかった くくなかった
くなかった
[híꜜkùkùnàkàttà]
[hìkúꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 低いです いです [hìkúꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 低くて くくて
くて
[híꜜkùkùtè]
[hìkúꜜkùtè]
Conditional 低ければ くければ
ければ
[híꜜkùkèrèbà]
[hìkúꜜkèrèbà]

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.

Inflection

Antonyms

References

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