nyuukanryou wa takai desu.

The admission fee is high.

Breakdown of nyuukanryou wa takai desu.

• は: topic particle
• です: to be
• 高たかい: high
• 入館料にゅうかんりょう: the admission fee

Questions & Answers about nyuukanryou wa takai desu.

How do you read 入館料?

It is usually read にゅうかんりょう.

• 入館 = entering a building or facility
• 料 = fee, charge

So 入館料 means admission fee or entrance fee.

What does は do in this sentence?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

So 入館料は高いです is roughly like:

• As for the admission fee, it is high
• or more naturally in English, The admission fee is expensive/high

Also, remember that は is written ha but pronounced wa here.

Why is there no separate word for is?

In Japanese, an い-adjective like 高い can act as the main predicate of the sentence by itself.

So:

• 高い = is high / is expensive

The です at the end does not exactly mean the same thing as English is. It mainly makes the sentence polite.

So:

• 入館料は高い。 = casual
• 入館料は高いです。 = polite