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高等 (こうとう): high class, high grade — Japanese vocabulary

高等 is read こうとう and means "high class, high grade". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

高等

Reading
こうとう · koutou
Translation
high class, high grade
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
こうとうが

Example

人類は高等哺乳動物である。

じんるいはこうとうほにゅうどうぶつである。

Human beings are the higher mammals.

Kanji in this word

  • 高 — high, tall, expensive
  • 等 — Etc., And So Forth, Class (first)

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