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尊い (tattoi)

precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

尊い (たっとい, tattoi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 4

真しんの友情ゆうじょうはお金かねより尊とうとい。

A true friendship is more valuable than money.

ご友情ゆうじょうは私わたしにはたいそう尊とうといものです。

Your friendship means a lot to me.

収量しゅうりょうが多おおいからといって尊とうといとは思おもわないが、ドカンと発生はっせいしていると、毒どく菌きんでもうれしいもんだ。

I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.

世間で大切だとされているものは功罪半ばして、幸せになる反面、不幸せにもなるのだから、何よりも尊いものは世俗を越えた仏法だ、という教えを説いている。

It preaches that things commonly regarded as precious have both merits and demerits, and while they can make people happy, they can also make them unhappy, so above all else is the Buddhist law that stands aloof from the trivialities of life.

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