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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

高こう尚しょう

koushou

refined, cultured

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは趣味しゅみが高尚こうしょうです。

    He has elegant tastes.

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  2. ポチが殺ころされる所ところまで書かき終おえた後のち、一見いっけん高尚こうしょうそうな言葉ことばをずらりと並ならべる。

    Finishing up to the point where Pochi was killed, I churned out a lineup of superficially lofty language.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 歌舞伎かぶきは明治時代めいじじだいから昭和しょうわにかけて高尚こうしょう化かを目指めざし、ケレンを廃はいする演出えんしゅつが志向しこうされた。

    From the Meiji period through the Showa period, Kabuki sought to become more refined, and productions that dispensed with theatrical gimmicks were favored.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 高尚

  • 高tall; highOnコウKunたかい・たか・たかまる
  • 尚esteem; furthermoreOnショウKunなお

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