JLPT N1 · な-adjective

高尚 (koushou)

高尚 (こうしょう, koushou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “high; noble”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こうしょう
Romaji
koushou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. high; noble; refined; advanced · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

彼は趣味が高尚です。
He has elegant tastes.

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

Conjugation of 高尚

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)高尚だこうしょうだ koushouda
Present (polite)高尚ですこうしょうです koushoudesu
Negative高尚じゃないこうしょうじゃない koushoujanai
Past高尚だったこうしょうだった koushoudatta
Negative past高尚じゃなかったこうしょうじゃなかった koushoujanakatta
Te-form高尚でこうしょうで koushoude
Before a noun高尚なこうしょうな koushouna
Adverb (~ni)高尚にこうしょうに koushouni

Kanji in 高尚

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 高尚.

Source: JMdict entry 1283610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.