How to Say ‘The cholesterol is a little high.’ in Japanese
コレステロールが少し高いです。
koresuterooru ga sukoshi takai desu
[koh-reh-steh-ROH-roo gah soo-koh-shee takai dess]
💬 Usage Tip: が points to the thing being described, so this means "cholesterol is high". Swap in other test items, as in 血圧が少し高いです "blood pressure is a little high".
Phrase Breakdown
コレステロールが
koresuterooru ga
cholesterol (subject)
コレステロール (cholesterol), a loanword + が (subject marker). Lengthen the 'ro': ko-re-su-te-rō-ru.
コレステロールが気になります。
I'm concerned about my cholesterol.
Words in this phrase
コレステロール
koresuterooru
[koh-reh-steh-ROH-roo]
cholesterol
Loanword for the fatty substance in blood measured in tests.
コレステロールを下げたいです。
I want to lower my cholesterol.
が
ga
[gah]
subject marker
Marks the subject of the sentence, such as スーツケース.
スーツケースが一つありますと答えます。
I answer, 'There is one suitcase.'
少し高いです。
sukoshi takai desu
is a little high
少し (a little) + 高いです (is high). This is common when talking about test numbers.
血圧が少し高いです。
Your blood pressure is a little high.
Words in this phrase
少し
sukoshi
[soo-koh-shee]
a little; slightly
Softens the criticism by saying it was only a little bit of a detour.
少し遠回りだったかもしれません。
It may have been a slight detour.
高い
takai
[takai]
high
Having a great extent upward.
ビルが高いです。
The building is tall.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
Polite form of 'to be' used in many basic sentences.
こちらで大丈夫です。
This is fine.
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