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高価

こうか

expensive, costly, high-priced

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Examples

  1. これは高価な時計です。

    これはこうかなとけいです。

    This is an expensive watch.

  2. そんな高価な本は買えないよ。

    そんなこうかなほんはかえないよ。

    I can't buy a book that expensive.

  3. 高価な物ほど大事に使いたいと思います。

    こうかなものほどだいじにつかいたいとおもいます。

    The more expensive something is, the more carefully I want to use it.

Common patterns

高価な品
an expensive item
高価な贈り物
an expensive gift
高価すぎる
to be too expensive

Memory tip

A written, formal word for a high price tag; in conversation people simply say 高い. Its direct opposite is 安価.

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