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► 動詞
割る  [(2)わる]    meaning:  low  rank: 1
☆ 彼等勝率は五割を割った ⇨ Their winning percentage has dipped below 500

下回る  [(4)したまわる]    meaning:  low  rank: 3
☆ 売上予想大幅下回った ⇨ The sales have been significantly lower than the forecast  (☛ Go below the target, standard, etc.)

► 名詞
最低  [さいてい]    meaning:  low  rank: 1
☆ 最低気温 ⇨ The lowest temperature  (☛ The lowest)

下がり  [さがり]    meaning:  low  rank: 2
☆ 右下がりになっている ⇨ The drawing on the wall is lower on the right side

低目  [ひくめ]    meaning:  low  rank: 2
☆ 私達目標を低めに設定した ⇨ We set up our target a tad lower

  [(1)ひら]  [coll]    meaning:  low  rank: 3
☆ あいつはただの平だ ⇨ He is just a lowest-rank employee  (☛ Lowest-ranked in an organization with no authority)

下部  [(1)かぶ]  [liter]    meaning:  low  rank: 4
☆ 下部組織 ⇨ A lower-level, subsidiary, organization

  [げ]  [liter]    meaning:  low  rank: 4
☆ おなんか下の下だ ⇨ You are the lowest of the low
☆ その小説は上中下の三かれている ⇨ That novel is broken into three volumes of the first, middle and last

幕下  [まくした]    meaning:  low  rank: 4
☆ 幕下相撲 ⇨ The second-tier sumo tournament

► 形容詞
低い  [(2)ひくい]    meaning:  low  rank: 1
☆ この天井が低い ⇨ The ceilings of this house are low
☆ その生活水準は低い ⇨ The living standard of the country is low
☆ レース重心の低さが重要になる ⇨ The low center of gravity becomes very important for racing cars
☆ 工事現場安全意識の低さにかされた ⇨ I was shocked by the low attention paid to safety at the construction site
☆ は低いをしている ⇨ He has low-pitched voice
☆ 軍隊士気は低かった ⇨ The morale of the military was low

卑しい  [(3)いやしい]  [liter]    meaning:  low  rank: 3
☆ あいつは根性が卑しい ⇨ He has dishonorable personalities
☆ 職場無料ピザがあると必死がる卑しい奴等 ⇨ Those low people who get desperate there are free pizzas at work

► 形容動詞
低調  [ていちょう]    meaning:  low  rank: 3
☆ 製品売行きは低調だ ⇨ The sales of the new product is at a low level

低額  [ていがく]    meaning:  low  rank: 4
☆ 低額所得者 ⇨ A low-income person  (☛ High in monetary amount)

► 接頭辞
  [ひら]  [coll]    meaning:  low  rank: 3
☆ 平社員 ⇨ An employee of the lowest rank  (☛ Lowest-ranked in an organization with no authority)