高尚 (koushou)

high, noble, refined, advanced

  • JLPT N1
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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

かれ趣味しゅみ高尚こうしょうです。

He has elegant tastes.

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.

祭りでちょうちんが通りをまたいでずらりとつるされていた. Chinese lanterns were strung up across the street for the festival.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.