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たかい

高い

N5

tall / expensive

takai

Quiz
JLPT
N5
Frequency
#434

Meanings

  1. 1
    high; tallい-adjective
  2. 2
    expensive; high-pricedい-adjective
  3. 3
    high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)い-adjective

JMdict 1283190

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~desu)
高いですたかいです
たかいです
Polite Past (~katta desu)
高かったですたかかったです
たかかったです
Polite Negative (~kunai desu)
高くないですたかくないです
たかくないです
Plain Negative (~kunai)
高くないたかくない
たかくない
Te-form (Connecting)
高くてたかくて
たかくて
Adverbial (~ku)
高くたかく
たかく

In a sentence

あのthat山(やま)mountainは高(たか)いtallね

That mountain is tall, isn't it

How it works

は (topic) raises 山(やま) (mountain) as the topic — “as for that mountain…”. The adjective 高い(たかい) (tall) then describes it and ends the sentence on its own; plain い (い-adjective)-adjectives need no です (is), so it sounds casual. The pointing word あの (that) sits up front because it modifies the noun. Final ね (right?) invites agreement — “it’s tall, isn’t it?”

Written with

  • 高tall10 strokes

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