Meaning

Primary

High Price

Word Type

noun, の adjective

Explanation

A tall value. If you paid for something that had a tall value, it would have a high price.

This word is often used when something sells for a comparatively high price. Like when a stock is hitting highs, or goods are sold for higher than the average market price, or something can fetch a high price at auction.

Reading

たかね
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses the kun'yomi readings, which you learned with 高い and the vocabulary word . Since has two readings, あたい and , here's a mnemonic to help you remember to use the latter:

When you see a high price, you let out a loud neigh (). Are you neighing with glee at the price of one of your stocks soaring? Neighing in disbelief at an eBay listing for a Pokémon card you're pretty sure you had when you were seven? We don't speak horse, so… we have no idea honestly.

Context

Context Sentences

いつも高値の時に株を買ってしまうんです。

I always end up buying stocks when they're high.

先週、家を売ったんですが、希望していたほどの高値では売れませんでした。

We sold our property last week, but it didn't get as high a price as we hoped for.

コウイチの秘密の日記が、オークションで歴代最高値で落札された。

Koichi's secret diary fetched a record high price at the auction.

Kanji Composition