jimutesuuryou wa takai.

The administrative fee is high.

Breakdown of jimutesuuryou wa takai.

• は: topic particle
• 高たかい: high
• 事務手数料じむてすうりょう: an administrative fee

Questions & Answers about jimutesuuryou wa takai.

How do you read 事務手数料 は 高い?

It is read:

じむ てすうりょう は たかい。
Romanization: jimu tesuuryou wa takai.

A few reading notes:

• 事務 = じむ
• 手数料 = てすうりょう
• は is written ha but pronounced wa here because it is the topic particle.
• 高い = たかい

What does 事務手数料 break down into?

事務手数料 is a compound noun:

• 事務 = office work, clerical work, administrative work
• 手数料 = fee, charge, commission

Together, 事務手数料 means something like administrative fee or processing fee.

This kind of noun-compounding is very common in Japanese.

What does the particle は do in this sentence?