Lingaku高くつく【たかくつく】
Frequency rank: 27,000. – 27,198.
- to be expensive; to be costly
expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.); Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be expensive; to be costly
This phrase is used to describe something that has a high cost or price. It conveys the idea that an item or service is more expensive than what one might typically expect.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たかくつく高くつくものexpensive itemsりょこう旅行がたかくつく高くつくthe travel is expensiveたかくつく高くつくかいもの買い物costly purchasesたかくつく高くつくかかく価格high pricesたかくつく高くつくしょくじ食事expensive mealsひんぱん頻繁にたかくつく高くつくfrequently becomes costlyたかくつく高くつくせいかつ生活expensive lifestyleたかくつく高くつくためにto be costlyよさん予算がたかくつく高くつくthe budget is highたかくつく高くつくだろうwill probably be costly
Example sentences
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Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive in rich town like Beverly Hills.
It was very expensive; in fact, I paid 100 dollars.
This computer will prove costly in the long run.