ローテンション

ろーてんしょん
na-adjective, noun
low-energy; subdued; in low spirits
informalcolloquialemotion
1. low-energy; subdued; in low spirits
A quiet, unexcited, low-energy mood or manner. Describes a person who seems flat or listless rather than lively. A Japanese coinage using テンション in its Japanese sense of "mood, energy level."
今日(きょう)は朝(あさ)からローテンションだ。
I've been low-energy since this morning.
彼(かれ)はいつもローテンションな話(はな)し方(かた)をする。
He always talks in a subdued way.
寝不足(ねぶそく)のせいか、みんなローテンションで会議(かいぎ)が盛(も)り上(あ)がらなかった。
Maybe from lack of sleep, everyone was low-energy and the meeting never got lively.

A casual Japanese coinage from English "low" + "tension." Note that テンション here means mood or energy level (a Japanese sense), not physical or nervous tension.

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Antonym: ハイテンション (high-energy, excited)
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Added 2026.7.6 18:17 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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