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低迷 (ていめい, teimei) Japanese meaning: slump | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 低迷する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 低てい 迷めい する 低てい 迷めい しない Polite 低てい 迷めい します 低てい 迷めい しません Past polite 低てい 迷めい しました 低てい 迷めい しませんでした Past 低てい 迷めい した 低てい 迷めい しなかった Te-form 低てい 迷めい して 低てい 迷めい しないで Desire 低てい 迷めい したい 低てい 迷めい したくない Potential 低てい 迷めい できる 低てい 迷めい できない Passive 低てい 迷めい される 低てい 迷めい されない Causative 低てい 迷めい させる 低てい 迷めい させない Causative passive 低てい 迷めい させられる 低てい 迷めい させられない Volitional 低てい 迷めい しよう Polite volitional 低てい 迷めい しましょう Imperative 低てい 迷めい しろ 低てい 迷めい するな Conditional 低てい 迷めい すれば 低てい 迷めい しなければ Tara conditional 低てい 迷めい したら 低てい 迷めい しなかったら
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月げつ
連れん
続ぞく
で
低てい
迷めい
し
て
いる
。
Sales have remained sluggish for three months in a row.
The economic slump is dragging on.
The stock price is still hovering at a low level.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 低てい 迷めい が 続つづ く for a slump (in sales, prices, popularity, etc.) to continue
With the prolonged recession, the slump in sales has continued.
低てい 迷めい から 抜ぬ け 出だ す to break out of a slump
The company finally managed to break out of its performance slump.
〈 物もの 〉 が 低てい 迷めい する for something (the economy, stock prices, popularity, etc.) to stay stagnantly low
The global economy is in a slump.
Kanji 迷 astray, be perplexed, in doubt Related words· 10 不振 describes poor performance or condition in general, while 低迷 stresses that the poor level has continued for some time.
停滞 means stagnation or lack of progress broadly, whereas 低迷 specifically implies staying at a low or depressed level.
低下 refers to the act of declining or dropping, while 低迷 describes the resulting state of remaining low afterward.
低迷する describes something (ratings, prices, morale) staying stuck at a low level, while 伸び悩む focuses on growth or progress failing to increase as expected.
Show 6 more 低迷 describes prolonged stagnation at a low level, whereas 失速 emphasizes a sudden drop in momentum from a previously higher point.
低迷 typically describes prices, ratings, or performance hovering at a low level, while 沈滞 describes a broader lack of movement or vitality in a situation or atmosphere.
低迷 describes something stuck in a slump or stagnating at a low level, whereas 下火 focuses on the process of losing strength from a previous peak.
下り坂 emphasizes a continuing downward trend, whereas 低迷 emphasizes being stuck in a slump or performing poorly without necessarily still falling.
Opposites 好調 means things are going well or performing strongly, the opposite of the sluggish, depressed state described by 低迷.
低迷 means remaining stuck in a slump or stagnation, the opposite of 立ち直り which means climbing back out of one.
低迷 describes staying stuck at a low level or performing poorly, the opposite of 浮上's sense of rising in rank or standing.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 低, meaning low, and 迷, associated with being lost or stuck. The spelling usefully suggests a state stuck at a low level, though this is a component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
低迷 describes a general stagnation or hovering at a low level (often of prices, ratings, or morale), whereas スランプ centers on an individual's or team's temporary performance decline.
低迷 describes something stuck in a slump or stagnating at a low level, while 低落 emphasizes the act of falling or declining.
