高い

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
[táꜜkàkù]
[tàkáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 高い [tàkáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 高い [tàkáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 高くない かくない
くない
[táꜜkàkùnàì]
[tàkáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 高かった かかった
かった
[táꜜkàkàttà]
[tàkáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 高くなかった かくなかった
くなかった
[táꜜkàkùnàkàttà]
[tàkáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 高いです いです [tàkáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 高くて かくて
くて
[táꜜkàkùtè]
[tàkáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 高ければ かければ
ければ
[táꜜkàkèrèbà]
[tàkáꜜkèrèbà]

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)

Inflection

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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