Translation guide
Describes buildings with few floors, pants with a low waist, or a subtle increase. Japanese uses different words depending on what is being described.
Describing a building that is not tall, typically with only a few stories.
Standard term for 'low-rise' when referring to buildings. Often used in compounds like 低層建築 (low-rise building) or 低層住宅 (low-rise housing).
Describing pants, jeans, or skirts that sit low on the hips.
Describing a small or modest rise in numbers, levels, etc.
The loanword ローライズ is only used for fashion (pants, skirts). For buildings, use 低層 (ていそう). Using ローライズ for a building would be confusing.
This building is low-rise.
This area has many low-rise houses.
Literally 'low-rise building'. A clear, descriptive phrase.
Low-rise buildings are lined up.
Technical term for 'low-rise construction/architecture'. Used in architectural contexts.
I specialize in low-rise building design.
Loanword from English 'low-rise'. Commonly used in fashion for pants, jeans, etc.
Low-rise jeans are in fashion.
Literally 'hip-wearing'. Refers to pants worn low on the hips. Often used for traditional clothing like hakama, but also for modern low-rise pants.
I like low-rise pants.
Literally 'shallow wearing'. Used for pants with a short rise (distance from crotch to waistband). More technical fashion term.
Low-rise designs make legs look longer.
Stock prices saw only a low rise.
Literally 'low rate of increase'. Clear and direct.
This year's wage increase was a low rise.