JLPT N3 · な-adjective

高価 (kouka)

高価 (こうか, kouka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “highly priced; expensive”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こうか
Romaji: kouka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

そんな高価な本は買えないよ。

I can't buy a book this expensive.

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

Conjugation of 高価

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	高価だ	こうかだ koukada
Present (polite)	高価です	こうかです koukadesu
Negative	高価じゃない	こうかじゃない koukajanai
Past	高価だった	こうかだった koukadatta
Negative past	高価じゃなかった	こうかじゃなかった koukajanakatta
Te-form	高価で	こうかで koukade
Before a noun	高価な	こうかな koukana
Adverb (~ni)	高価に	こうかに koukani

Kanji in 高価

高

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

価

value, priceカ・ケ・あたい · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 高価.

高いたかいhigh高校こうこうsenior high school高校生こうこうせいsenior high school student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 1283300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.