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What is the difference between the two:

>   * 高｛たか}い値段｛ねだん｝レストラン
>   * 値段{ねだん｝が高{たか｝いレストラン
>

In other words, what is the difference between:

>   * adjective-noun
>   * noun-が-adjective
>

Another example would be this:

>   * ボブは魚｛さかな｝が好き｛すき｝だ
>   * ボブは好き｛すき｝魚｛さかな｝だ
>

I was reading <http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/adjectives> which
uses the first form in these examples, but it also says you can modify a noun
just by placing an i-adjective before it, and Google Translate gives me the
same translations for both forms.
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grammar adjectives relative-clauses
Adjective-Noun vs Noun-が-Adjective
Adjective-Noun is a noun phrase like 高い値段、好きな魚.

Noun-が-Adjective is a sentence or modifies noun like 魚が好きだ, 値段が高いレストラン.
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To expand upon Yuuichi's answer, the difference is one of nuance and emphasis,
and of the grammatical requirements of the construction, much as in English.

  * **赤{あか}い車{くるま}** ​で行{い}きます。  
We will go in a **red car**.

  * 行{い}く **車{くるま}** ​は **赤{あか}い** です。  
The **car** that we will go in is **red**.

Japanese is a bit more flexible than English when it comes to what terms are
allowed to directly modify other terms. We can say 行{い}く車{くるま} in Japanese
(literally _"goes car"_ , or depending on context, _"will be going car"_ ),
but in English, relative clauses modifying nouns like this require grammatical
words to tie things together: _"the car **that** goes"_.
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