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貴とうとい (tattoitoutoi)

precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

貴い (たっとい / とうとい, tattoitoutoi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred”.

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Example sentences 8

その事故じこで貴とうとい命いのちが失うしなわれました。

A precious life was lost in the accident.

健康は金銀財宝にまさって貴いものである.

Health is more precious than wealth.

「今日賎しいものが、明日には貴いかもしれない。

"What is base today may be precious tomorrow."

貴とうとい言葉ことばをかけくださる「すべてはなすがままに」。

Speaking words of wisdom, "let it be."

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