価値(かち)

価値(かち) means value or worth, referring to the importance, usefulness, or merit of something.

Common patterns

• 価値(かち)がある: to have value, to be valuable
• 価値(かち)がない: to have no value, worthless
• 価値(かち)のある: valuable (as modifier)
• 〜する価値(かち)がある: to be worth doing

Compounds

• 価値(かち)観(かん): values, sense of values
• 金銭的(きんせんてき)価値(かち): monetary value
• 市場(しじょう)価値(かち): market value
• 使用(しよう)価値(かち): use value

Usage examples

• 見(み)る価値(かち)がある: worth seeing
• 読(よ)む価値(かち)がある: worth reading

Related words

• 値打(ねう)ち: value, worth (more colloquial)
• 価格(かかく): price (monetary)