Word details

背の高い

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 背の高い.

Dictionary

Entry

背の高いせのたかい~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #6045
1

tall (of a person)

Examples
君が背の高い男の子といるのを見たよ。
I saw you with a tall boy.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

9 strokesFrequency 696JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ハイ

Kun

せいそむ.くそむ.ける

tall, high, expensive

10 strokesFrequency 65JLPT N4Grade 2

On

コウ

Kun

たか.いたか-だかたか.まるたか.める

Nanori

じょいはか

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