Meaning
高尚 (こうしょう, koushou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “high, noble, refined, advanced”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 3
彼は趣味が高尚です。
He has elegant tastes.
ポチが殺される所まで書き終えた後、一見高尚そうな言葉をずらりと並べる。
Finishing up to the point where Pochi was killed, I churned out a lineup of superficially lofty language.
彼はただチャンスさえつかめば、友がやってのけたことやいずれやれることより上等なこと、単なる卑俗なジャーナリズムより高尚なことが自分にはできると確信していた。
He was sure that he could do something better than his friend had ever done, or could ever do, something higher than mere tawdry journalism if he only got the chance.