こうど
Meanings
Noun
1. altitude; height; elevation
Let's keep going like this and raise our altitude a bit more, aiming for the center.
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
2. high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated; strong
No, isn't that a bit too advanced?
Pitch accent
こ
うど
Composed of
high; high school
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
high altitude
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
altimeter
Examples (18 in total)
The solar altitude is 20 degrees.
The altitude is dropping rapidly.
I judge it to be a fairly advanced technology.