JLPT N1 · い-adjective

名高い (nadakai)

名高い (なだかい, nadakai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “famous; noted”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: なだかい
Romaji: nadakai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known · い-adjective

Example sentences

その教授はシェークスピアの研究で名高い。

The professor is noted for his study of Shakespeare.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 名高い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	名高い	なだかい nadakai
Negative	名高くない	なだかくない nadakakunai
Past	名高かった	なだかかった nadakakatta
Negative past	名高くなかった	なだかくなかった nadakakunakatta
Te-form	名高くて	なだかくて nadakakute
Adverb (~ku)	名高く	なだかく nadakaku
Conditional (~ba)	名高ければ	なだかければ nadakakereba

Kanji in 名高い

名

name, noted, distinguishedメイ・ミョウ・な・-な · 6 strokes

高

tall, high, expensiveコウ・たか.い・たか · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 名高い.

名前なまえname有名ゆうめいfamous片仮名かたかなkatakana平仮名ひらがなhiragana名なname署名しょめいsignature名刺めいしbusiness card名詞めいしnoun名人めいじんmaster題名だいめいtitle姓名せいめい(full) name宛名あてなname and address (on an envelope, etc.)仮名かなkana氏名しめい(full) name

Source: JMdict entry 1531490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.