甲高い

• 読み: かんだかい
• ローマ字: kandakai
• 漢字の分解: 甲 (kou/kan) — first, highest pitch (traditional music), shell; 高 (kou/taka) — high, tall
• 発音: /kan.da.ka.i/

意味

Shrill; high-pitched; piercing. Describes a voice or sound that is notably high and sharp — often to an attention-grabbing or grating degree.

An i-adjective describing sounds — particularly voices — that are unusually high and sharp. The 甲 component originally referred to the first (highest) note in traditional Japanese music scales. Used in both literal descriptions of piercing voices or alarm sounds, and figuratively to describe anything that cuts sharply through surrounding noise.

例文

1. 子どもの甲高い笑い声が公園に響き渡った。
2. 甲高いサイレンの音で、住民たちは窓から外を見た。
3. 彼女は甲高い声で名前を呼んだが、雑踏の中では届かなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: sound, voice, description

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 甲 (the first/highest pitch in classical Japanese musical notation) and 高い (high). Originally referred to the highest musical note; later applied broadly to any shrill or piercing sound.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal