高い

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. このカメラは高いです。▶ —
   This camera is expensive.
2. あの山はとても高いです。▶ —
   That mountain is very tall.

Collocations

Mnemonic

高い takai — i-adjective with TWO meanings: ① expensive (price) ② tall/high (height, mountain, voice). Context decides. Unlike English "expensive/tall" being different, Japanese uses one word — disambiguated by collocate (値段 price, 山 mountain, 背 stature). Opposites split too: 安い yasui-cheap, 低い hikui.

Quick check

1. How do you say "to be tall (in height)"?

   • 背が高い se ga takai (idiomatic, "stature is tall")
   • 高い人 (= "expensive person", wrong)
   • 大きい人 (= "big person", overall size)
   • 高くなる (= "become tall/high")