JLPT N2 · な-adjective

高等 (koutou)

高等 (こうとう, koutou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “high class; high grade”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
こうとう
Romaji
koutou
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. high class; high grade · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

人類は高等哺乳動物である。
Human beings are the higher mammals.

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

Conjugation of 高等

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)高等だこうとうだ koutouda
Present (polite)高等ですこうとうです koutoudesu
Negative高等じゃないこうとうじゃない koutoujanai
Past高等だったこうとうだった koutoudatta
Negative past高等じゃなかったこうとうじゃなかった koutoujanakatta
Te-form高等でこうとうで koutoude
Before a noun高等なこうとうな koutouna
Adverb (~ni)高等にこうとうに koutouni

Kanji in 高等

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 高等.

Source: JMdict entry 1283850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.