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低い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
低い
BOOST
Reading : ひくい   
1. low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)  (opposite: 高い)
2. low (position); close to the ground
3. short (height)
4. deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 158,267 which gives a rank of 418
低い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 107,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 190 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 1343
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
かのじょ
彼女
いつも
ひく
こえ
はな

She always speaks in a low voice.
にほん
日本
やね
屋根
がいこくじん
外国人
ひく
すぎる

In Japan the ceilings are quite low for foreigners.
きおん
気温
ひく
みず
こおり
なる
Low temperatures turn water into ice.
ひくい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 145,000 (about 595,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 14 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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テイ   ひく low   ひくめる to lower   ひくまる to be lowered   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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