
Questions & Answers about kaiyakukin wa takai.
It is read かいやくきん.
- 解約 = cancellation, termination of a contract
- 金 = money, fee, charge
So 解約金 is a compound noun meaning a cancellation fee, termination fee, or penalty fee.
は marks the topic of the sentence.
So 解約金は高い。 is literally closer to:
- As for the cancellation fee, it is high.
In natural English, this is often just translated as:
- The cancellation fee is high.
A very common beginner mistake is to think は always means is. It does not. It marks what the sentence is talking about.