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名高い (なだかい): famous, celebrated, well-known — Japanese vocabulary

名高い is read なだかい and means "famous, celebrated, well-known". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

名高い

Reading
なだかい · nadakai
Translation
famous, celebrated, well-known
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
なだかいが

Example

その教授はシェークスピアの研究で名高い。

そのきょうじゅはシェークスピアのけんきゅうでなだかい。

The professor is noted for his study of Shakespeare.

Kanji in this word

  • 名 — name, famous
  • 高 — high, tall, expensive

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