気高い

• 読み: けだかい
• ローマ字: kedakai
• 漢字の分解: 気 (ke) — spirit, energy, inner disposition; 高 (takai) — high, lofty, elevated
• 発音: /ke.da.ka.i/

意味

Noble; lofty; sublime; dignified. Describes a person, spirit, or bearing that radiates innate dignity and moral elevation.

An i-adjective that expresses a quality of natural refinement and moral elevation — not the nobility of rank but of character and spirit. 気高い differs from 高貴な (aristocratic) by emphasising inner dignity rather than social standing. Often used to describe the bearing of a person who is above pettiness, or the sublimity of nature, music, or ideal.

例文

1. 彼女の気高い振る舞いは、周囲の人々を自然と敬わせた。
2. 気高い精神を持った人物は、利益よりも誇りを優先する。
3. その山は気高くそびえ立ち、見る者を圧倒した。

使い方ガイド

場面: literary description, character praise, nature writing, philosophy

トーン: reverent, elevated

起源と歴史

Compound of 気 (ke/ki — spirit, energy, disposition) and 高い (takai — high, lofty). The image is of a spirit that stands far above ordinary concerns.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal