JLPT N5 · い-adjective

高い (takai)

高い (たかい, takai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “high; tall”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たかい
Romaji: takai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

high; tall · い-adjective
expensive; high-priced · い-adjective
high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.) · い-adjective
loud · い-adjective
high-pitched; shrill · い-adjective

Example sentences

銀行はリスクの高い顧客へのローンには高い金利をつける。

Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers.

Tatoeba #179572

富士山は日本で一番高い山です。

Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan.

Tatoeba #84930

そんな高い車を買う余裕はありません。

I can't afford to buy such an expensive car.

Tatoeba #204136

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

Conjugation of 高い

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	高い	たかい takai
Negative	高くない	たかくない takakunai
Past	高かった	たかかった takakatta
Negative past	高くなかった	たかくなかった takakunakatta
Te-form	高くて	たかくて takakute
Adverb (~ku)	高く	たかく takaku
Conditional (~ba)	高ければ	たかければ takakereba

Kanji in 高い

高

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 高い.

高校こうこうsenior high school高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student高価こうかhighly priced高速こうそくhigh-speed最高さいこうbest高めるたかめるto raise高まるたかまるto rise高級こうきゅうhigh-class高層こうそうhigh-rise (building)高度こうどaltitude高等こうとうhigh class高等学校こうとうがっこうsenior high school高こうhigh高原こうげんtableland

Source: JMdict entry 1283190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.