Illustration: In a Japanese tatami room, a long, broad wooden table stands on conspicuously short legs. An adult sits cross-legged beside it, with their bent knees rising above the tabletop, and carefully maneuvers a tea tray around one knee.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

低ひくい

hikui

short, low

Describes physical height, including a person’s height. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. この机つくえは私わたしにはちょっと低ひくい。

    This desk is a little low for me.

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  2. 彼かれは背せは低ひくいが力持ちからもちだ。

    He is short, but strong.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 海うみの近ちかくに低ひくい丘おかがある。

    There is a low hill near the sea.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 低

  • 低lower; shortOnテイKunひくい・ひくめる・ひくまる

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