尊い
とうとい
Also written たっとい, 貴い
Meanings
- い-adjective precious; valuable; priceless
- noble; exalted; sacred
Kanji
- 尊 revere. Read as とうとい.
Example sentences
- 愛より尊い物はない。
Nothing is as precious as love. - 健康の尊さをいくら評価してもしすぎることはない。
We cannot overestimate the value of health. - 川は美しいからといって尊いわけではない。
Just because a river is beautiful doesn't mean that it is precious. - 収量が多いからといって尊いとは思わないが、ドカンと発生していると、毒菌でもうれしいもんだ。
I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms. - 愛ほど尊いものはない。
There's nothing as precious as love.
Common phrases
Words containing 尊い
- 尊い油 (たっといあぶら) anointing oil