tokuten ha takai ga, hikiwakeke da.

Here, は marks 得点 as the topic of the sentence. The speaker is saying something about the score:

As for the score, it is high, but ...

This does not necessarily mean 得点 is the grammatical subject in the same way English uses subjects. It sets up the thing being talked about.

So the first part feels like:

Speaking of the score, it’s high.

高い means high, and in Japanese it is very natural to describe a score, price, temperature, or level as high.

So 得点が高い / 得点は高い means that the score is high, in other words, a lot of points have been scored.

English often says the score is high too, so this matches fairly well.

得点 means score, points, or points scored.

In a sports context, it usually refers to the number of points in the game. So in this sentence it suggests that the game has a high-scoring result.

Depending on context, 得点 can refer either to:

• the score itself
• points earned by a team or player

Here it is best understood as the score.

No. In this sentence, が is not the subject marker. It is a conjunction meaning something like:

• but
• although

So:

得点は高いが、引き分けだ。

means:

The score is high, but it is a draw.

Japanese uses the same sound が for different grammar functions, so this is a very common point of confusion.

Compare:

• 雨が降る。 → が marks the subject
• 高いが、売れる。 → が means but

引き分け is a noun meaning draw or tie. In Japanese, when a noun is used as the predicate at the end of a sentence, it normally needs the copula:

• casual: だ
• polite: です

So:

• 引き分けだ。 = It is a draw.
• 引き分けです。 = polite version

Without だ or です, the sentence would sound incomplete in standard plain Japanese.

Because 引き分け is not being marked by a particle here; it is the predicate noun of the sentence.

The structure is:

• 引き分け = draw / tie
• だ = is

So the second part is simply:

It is a draw.

If 引き分け had some other role in the sentence, then you might see a particle after it, but not here.

Yes, very likely. Japanese often leaves out things that are obvious from context.

In English, you might say:

• The score is high, but the game is a draw.
• The score is high, but the result is a tie.

In Japanese, the subject of 引き分けだ is omitted because it is understood from the context. The listener can easily supply something like:

• 試合は引き分けだ
• 結果は引き分けだ

This kind of omission is extremely common in Japanese.

All of these can express contrast, but they are used a little differently.

• が is a fairly neutral written/spoken connector
• けど is very common in conversation and sounds a bit softer
• でも often connects sentences more independently, like however or but

So these are all possible, depending on tone:

• 得点は高いが、引き分けだ。
• 得点は高いけど、引き分けだ。
• 得点は高い。でも、引き分けだ。

The original sentence with が sounds concise and slightly more formal or written.

Yes. 引き分け means a game ends with no winner because both sides have the same result.

In English:

• draw is common in British English and many sports contexts
• tie is common in American English

So both are good translations.

Yes, it is natural, especially in a sports context.

It gives a contrast:

• many points were scored
• but neither side won

So the sentence highlights that even though the game was high-scoring, the final result was still a draw.

It sounds a bit compact, which is normal in Japanese. English often makes the relationship more explicit, but Japanese can leave it short and direct.

No. Standard Japanese normally does not use spaces between words.

So this would usually be written as:

得点は高いが、引き分けだ。

The spaced version is often used only for learners, textbooks, or word-by-word presentation.

The comma 、 and period 。 are normal, but the spaces are not part of ordinary Japanese writing.