敷しき居いが高たかい

expression, i-adjective

hard to approach; awkward to visit; having a high threshold

Idiomatic expression describing a place or person that feels difficult to visit or approach, often due to a sense of formality, guilt, or social distance. Literally 'the threshold is high'.

• 一いち度ど喧けん嘩かしてから、彼かれの家いえは敷しき居いが高たかくなった。

  Ever since we had a fight, it's been awkward to visit his house.

• あの高こう級きゅうレストランは敷しき居いが高たかくて、なかなか入はいれない。

  That fancy restaurant feels so unapproachable that I can never bring myself to go in.