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JLPT N2 · な-adjective

高級 (koukyuu)

高級 (こうきゅう, koukyuu) 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
こうきゅう
Romaji
koukyuu
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-end; luxury · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
  2. high-ranking; high-level; senior · noun taking の, noun

Example sentences

高級な品物を買う事は、結局は損にならない。
It pays in the long run to buy goods of high quality.
Tatoeba #173223
彼の祖父は高級軍人だった。
His grandfather was a soldier of high degree.
Tatoeba #116635

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

Conjugation of 高級

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

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)高級だこうきゅうだ koukyuuda
Present (polite)高級ですこうきゅうです koukyuudesu
Negative高級じゃないこうきゅうじゃない koukyuujanai
Past高級だったこうきゅうだった koukyuudatta
Negative past高級じゃなかったこうきゅうじゃなかった koukyuujanakatta
Te-form高級でこうきゅうで koukyuude
Before a noun高級なこうきゅうな koukyuuna
Adverb (~ni)高級にこうきゅうに koukyuuni

Kanji in 高級

高
tall, high, expensiveコウ・たか.い・たか · 10 strokes
級
class, rank, gradeキュウ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 高級.

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 1283400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.