Translation guide
Expresses that something is not urgent or important relative to other matters.
This task is low priority.
Means 'it's okay to put off' or 'can be done later'. Casual and common in conversation.
That task can be put off (is low priority).
Literally 'not urgent'. Often used to indicate low priority in a polite way.
This matter is not urgent, so next week is fine.
To describe an item that is ranked low in order of importance.
To instruct or decide that something should be treated as low priority.
Used when actively setting a low priority level, e.g., in task management.
Please set this task to low priority.
Means 'to lower the priority ranking'. Common in business contexts.
優先度 (yuusendo) refers to the degree of priority, while 優先順位 (yuusen jun'i) refers to the rank or order of priority. Both can be used for 'low priority', but 優先度 is more common in everyday speech.
low priority (degree)
low in priority order
This bug was judged to be of low importance.
Let's lower the priority of this matter.