高い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
たか
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
高価い ("expensive")

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *taka.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of "高い"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 高く かく

Terminal (終止形) 高い
Attributive (連体形) 高い
Key constructions
Informal negative 高くない かくない
くない

Informal past 高かった かかった
かった

Informal negative past 高くなかった かくなかった
くなかった

Formal 高いです いです
Conjunctive 高くて かくて
くて

Conditional 高ければ かければ
ければ

Adjective

(たか) (takai-i (adverbial (たか) (takaku))

  1. high, tall
  2. superior
  3. 高価い: expensive
    Synonym: 高価 (kōka)
    Antonyms: 安い (yasui), 安価 (anka)

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN