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解像度が高い kaizoudo ga takai
High-definition thinking.
What does kaizoudo ga takai mean?
Borrowed from screens. Someone with 解像度が高い sees the fine detail everyone else blurs past — in an explanation, a piece of writing, or their own feelings. Solid praise for precision.
Example
あの人の説明、いつも解像度が高い。
Their explanations are always incredibly detailed and precise.
Vibe
Who you can say this to, and how it lands.
Safe to use Fine in ordinary conversation.
The story behind kaizoudo ga takai
The metaphor is exactly what it says. Resolution is the number of pixels a screen can give you, and a picture with more of them lets you see the individual leaves rather than a green mass. Someone with high resolution on a subject can tell you which leaf.
It spread the way a lot of modern Japanese does: through startups and business talk in the 2010s, where people spoke of raising their resolution on a customer or a problem, and from there into ordinary speech. Its real value is the negative form. 解像度が低い is the kindest available way to say your idea is not wrong, merely blurry — you have the shape and none of the detail.
Get kaizoudo ga takai in your pocket
解像度が高い is one of 308 words in YABAI, a Japanese culture snack for Android. Every word comes with its meaning, an example sentence, a vibe check and a story like the one above — in 13 languages, read aloud by your device. Paid app: no ads, no sign-up, no subscription.
