► 形容詞
高い [(2)たかい] [coll] meaning: expensive rank: 1
☆ 彼は物凄く高い車に乗っている ⇨ He’s driving a very expensive car
高い [(2)たかい] meaning: high rank: 1
☆ 値段が高過ぎる ⇨ The price is too high
☆ 目標は高く持て ⇨ Hold your target high. Aim high
高い [(2)たかい] meaning: tall rank: 1
☆ 世界一高い建物 ⇨ The tallest building in the world
高い [(2)たかい] [背が高い] meaning: tall rank: 1
☆ バスケットの選手は背が高い ⇨ Basketball players are tall (☛ For humans, it is always phrased 背が高い or 身長が高い)
高い [(2)たかい] [声が高い] meaning: loud rank: 3
☆ 声が高い！ ⇨ You’re talking too loud!
More examples:
- 大学には受かったが学費が滅茶苦茶高いので余り喜べない ⇨ I got admitted to college but the tuition is so expensive I can’t be very happy
- 彼は世界最高の選手の呼び声が高い ⇨ Many call, regard, him as the best player in the world
- 彼女は気位が非常に高い ⇨ She is very proud, vain
- もっと高いかと思っていたが、割に安かった ⇨ I thought it was lot more expensive, but it was fairly cheap
- 彼女は息子が医者になって鼻が高い ⇨ She is very proud that her son has become a doctor
- あのブランデーは高いからちょっとずつ飲んでいる ⇨ That brandy is expensive so I drink little by little
- 完成度の高い技術 ⇨ A technology with high-degree of completeness, maturity
- 難度の高い体操の技 ⇨ A gymnastic move of high difficulty
- 格式の高い家 ⇨ A prestigious family
- 彼は非常に背が高いので特製の自転車に乗っている ⇨ He rides a custom-made bicycle because he is very tall
- 踵の高い靴 ⇨ Shoes with high heels
- 非常に精度の高い検知器 ⇨ A sensor with very high accuracy
- この辺の家は超高い ⇨ The houses around here are super expensive
- 宮殿の中は流石に格調高い感じがした ⇨ The inside of the palace was indeed very high-class, noble
- 彼女は好感度が最も高いと投票された ⇨ She was voted to have the highest likability rating