Monday, November 6, 2017

grammar - How is 高めの used and constructed?


example sentence: コレステロールが高めの方の食品


I'd like to know how 高めの is made (verb stem + no?) and how it should be used. I'm guessing the example sentence means "food which heightens your cholesterol". Does 方 mean type/category here?



Answer



This 〜め is the one meaning "slightly" or "somewhat", and the is "people". So the sentence translates as "Foods that people with high(er than normal) cholesterol (eat)". It would probably sound more serious if it were just 高い, but using 〜め it sounds more of just a neutral magazine (pamphlet, etc.) headline.



As for the , that's needed to modify . With, 高い, it would just be 高い方, but 高め is not an イ-adjective, so it requires the : 高めの方.


See also this post: “slightly/somewhat” の 「~目」: Usage and limitations.


No comments:

Post a Comment

periodic trends - Comparing radii in lithium, beryllium, magnesium, aluminium and sodium ions

Apparently the of last four, $\ce{Mg^2+}$ is closest in radius to $\ce{Li+}$. Is this true, and if so, why would a whole larger shell ($\ce{...