低い|ひくいhikui[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- i-adjectivelow (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)
- i-adjectivelow (position); close to the ground
- i-adjectiveshort (height)
- i-adjectivedeep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
Conjugation
| Plain form | 低い(ひくい) |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 低いです(ひくいです) |
| Negative (kunai) | 低くない(ひくくない) |
| polite (ku arimasen) | 低くありません(ひくくありません) |
| Past (katta) | 低かった(ひくかった) |
| Past negative (kunakatta) | 低くなかった(ひくくなかった) |
| Te form (kute) | 低くて(ひくくて) |
| Adverbial (ku) | 低く(ひくく) |
| Conditional (kereba) | 低ければ(ひくければ) |
| kattara | 低かったら(ひくかったら) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Antonym高いたかいNeutralAntonym of 低い(ひくい), neutral in register. 高い(たかい) supplies the opposite in each of 低い's senses: high in position, high off the ground, or high in degree, rank, value, content, or quality.
低い(ひくい) and its antonym 高い(たかい) form a matched pair: use 低い for something low in position, degree, rank, value, content, or quality, and 高い for the high end of the same scale.
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