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ハイグレード (haigureedo) Japanese meaning: high-grade | Kotomora

ハイグレード

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Meanings

1

high-grade; high-quality; premium

Used as a な-adjective to describe something of superior quality, often in commercial or technical contexts.

この店みせはハイグレードな商しょう品ひんだけ

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扱あつか

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This store only carries high-grade products.

ハイグレードな素そ材ざいを使つかったスーツは長なが持もちする。

Suits made with high-quality materials last a long time.

Related words

高こう級きゅう
高級 is a native Japanese word meaning 'high-class' or 'luxury', often used for expensive goods and services. ハイグレード is a loanword that emphasizes technical or performance quality rather than luxury status.
上じょう質しつ
上質 means 'fine quality' and is more neutral in register, while ハイグレード carries a slightly more modern, technical, or marketing-oriented nuance.

Built from

ハイ+グレード

Written forms

ハイ・グレード
- ハイグレード
  Variant spelling with an interpunct, sometimes used for clarity or stylistic effect.
- ハイ・グレード

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'high grade', used in Japanese as a な-adjective to describe superior quality.