バカ高い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | バカ高い | バカ高くない |
| Polite | バカ高いです | バカ高くないですalso バカ高くありません |
| Past polite | バカ高かったです | バカ高くなかったですalso バカ高くありませんでした |
| Past | バカ高かった | バカ高くなかった |
| Te-form | バカ高くて | バカ高くなくて |
| Adverbial | バカ高く | |
| Conditional | バカ高ければ | バカ高くなければ |
| Tara conditional | バカ高かったら | バカ高くなかったら |
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
Colloquial, emphatic expression for something unreasonably costly. Often used in casual speech or informal writing.
The ramen at this shop is ridiculously expensive, but it's delicious.
That brand's clothes are stupidly expensive, so I can't afford them.
Also colloquial for 'very expensive', but バカ高い carries a nuance of 'so expensive it's stupid'.
Common colloquial spelling with katakana バカ.
Kanji spelling; less common in casual writing.
Compound of バカ (foolish, absurd) and 高い (expensive). The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of using バカ as an intensifier in colloquial Japanese.