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"このシャツは高くないです。"
Translation:This shirt is not expensive.
June 20, 2017
20 Comments
Pikachu025
1102
Nice question! xD
For high, the word is 「高い」: 「たかい」: "Takai".
For tall, the word is 「背の高い」: 「せのたかい」: "Senotakai".
Pikachu025
1102
It is kind of justifiable if you think about it, like Steven (the Kingfisher) said. :)
たかい : High/Expensive
In my (limited) knowledge of Japanese, I know three other words with such duality in meaning:
おそい : Slow/Late
はやい : Fast/Early
やすい : Cheap/Peaceful
lilydjwg
41
Draw a bar chart for the prices and you'll see high and low prices, so it's not that weird.