1.
value, worth, merit
The importance, usefulness, or worth of something.
価値 means value or worth, referring to the importance, usefulness, or merit of something.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 価値がある: to have value, to be valuable
- 価値がない: to have no value, worthless
- 価値のある: valuable (as modifier)
- 〜する価値がある: to be worth doing
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 価値観: values, sense of values
- 金銭的価値: monetary value
- 市場価値: market value
- 使用価値: use value
USAGE EXAMPLES:
- 見る価値がある: worth seeing
- 読む価値がある: worth reading
RELATED:
- 値打ち: value, worth (more colloquial)
- 価格: price (monetary)