noun
height; elevated place; high ground
Refers to a high place or a position that is physically or metaphorically elevated. Often used in set phrases like 高みの見物 (looking on from a safe height). Antonym: 低み (low ground).
Antonyms: 低み
彼は高みから町を見下ろした。
He looked down at the town from a high place.
高みの見物を決め込む。
To take a detached, onlooker's stance.
Derived from the adjective 高い (high) with the nominalizing suffix み, which forms nouns indicating a state or place.