背が低い

Kana: せがひくい

short (in height)

Example sentence

弟は私より背が低いです。

おとうとはわたしよりせがひくいです。

My younger brother is shorter than me.

What 背が低い means

背が低い (せがひくい) is a Japanese word meaning “short (in height)”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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