ていちょう
Teichou
低調 (Teichou) is a Japanese na-adjective meaning “inactive, slow, sluggish, slack”.
Meanings
- na-adjective, nouninactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone
Examples
今の太陽の活動は低調ですが、それでも時々大きな黒点が現れます。
The sun is currently in a period of low activity but even so large sunspots occasionally appear.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).