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尊い (とうとい): precious, valuable, noble — Japanese vocabulary

尊い is read とうとい and means "precious, valuable, noble". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

尊い

Reading
とうとい · toutoi
Translation
precious, valuable, noble
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とうといが

Example

愛より尊い物はない。

あいよりとうといものはない。

Nothing is as precious as love.

Kanji in this word

  • 尊 — Revered, Valuable, Precious

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