激 高(げきたか)

げきたか

noun, na-adjective

extremely expensive; sky-high price

informalquantity

1. extremely expensive; outrageously high-priced

Describes prices or costs that are shockingly high. An emphatic, informal expression stronger than simply 高い.

このレストランは激高(げきたか)だ。

This restaurant is insanely expensive.

修理(しゅうり)代(だい)が激高(げきたか)で驚(おどろ)いた。

I was shocked at the sky-high repair cost.

駅前(えきまえ)の駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう)は激高(げきたか)なので、もう少(すこ)し遠(とお)い所(ところ)に停(と)めよう。

The parking lot in front of the station is outrageously expensive, so let's park somewhere a bit farther away.

Composed of 激(げき) (extreme, intense) + 高(たか) (high, expensive). An informal, emphatic expression used to describe prices that feel shockingly high. Part of a productive pattern where 激(げき) intensifies adjectives.

The 激(げき)〜 INTENSIFIER PATTERN:

激安(げきやす): dirt cheap
激高(げきたか): sky-high expensive
激辛(げきから): extremely spicy
激甘(げきあま): extremely sweet
激混(げきこ)み: extremely crowded
激レア(げきれあ): extremely rare

Common collocations

激高(げきたか)の店(みせ): an extremely expensive shop
激高(げきたか)な料金(りょうきん): outrageously high fees
激高(げきたか)で手(て)が出(で)ない: so expensive one can't afford it

Similar words

高額(こうがく): high price — neutral, formal term for a large monetary amount
高(たか)い: expensive — the standard adjective, without the emphatic shock value
法外(ほうがい): exorbitant — formal; implies the price is unreasonably or unjustly high

Related Words

Compare: 高額(こうがく) (high price)

Compare: 高(たか)い (expensive)

Compare: 法外(ほうがい) (exorbitant)

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