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高見 (こうけん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

高こう見けん

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Meanings

1

noun

your views; your opinion

honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

Respectful noun for another person's views or opinion, most naturally used as ご高見 in formal requests or acknowledgements.

先せん生せいのご高こう見けんを伺うかがいたく存ぞんじます。
I would like to hear your views, Professor.
皆みな様さまのご

高こう

見けん

を

お

聞き

か

せ

ください

。

Please share your opinions with us.

2

noun

excellent idea; great idea

Original meaning of the word; rare as a modern standalone sense and mainly relevant for understanding the respectful use above.

「高こう見けん」は本ほん来らい、すぐれた考かんがえという意い味みを持もっていた。
高見 originally had the meaning of an excellent idea.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
見see, hopes, chances

Similar words

意い見けん
A neutral everyday word for an opinion; 高見 is much more respectful and formal when referring to someone else's opinion.
ご意い見けん
A polite way to say someone's opinion; ご高見 is more elevated and often used in formal written or business-style requests.
見けん解かい
A formal word for a view or position, often one's own or an institution's; 高見 specifically raises the addressee's opinion.

Etymology

Sino-Japanese-style compound of 高, associated here with high or excellent, and 見, view or opinion. The original meaning as an excellent idea, from which the respectful sense for another person's views is understood.