高々

たかだか

Also written 高高

Meanings

1. Adverb very high; high up; aloft
2. only; merely; just; at most; at best; no more than

Kanji

• 高 high. Read as たか.

Example sentences

• 彼はトロフィーを高々と差し上げた。
  He held the trophy up high.

Common phrases

• 高々と掲げる

Words containing 高々

• 鼻高々 (はなたかだか) proud

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