激高(げきたか)

げきたか
noun, adjective-na
extremely expensive; sky-high price
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
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