額面(がくめん)

がくめん
noun
face value; nominal value
finance
1. face value; nominal value; par value
The value printed on a security, bond, or currency, as opposed to its market value.
この株(かぶ)の額面(がくめん)は100円(えん)だ。
The face value of this stock is 100 yen.
額面(がくめん)と市場(しじょう)価格(かかく)は異(こと)なる。
Face value and market price are different.
額面(がくめん)1万(まん)円(えん)の商品券(しょうひんけん)をもらった。
I received a gift certificate with a face value of 10,000 yen.
2. at face value; literally
Used figuratively to mean taking something at its stated or apparent value.
彼(かれ)の言葉(ことば)を額面(がくめん)どおりに受(う)け取(と)ってはいけない。
Don't take his words at face value.
額面(がくめん)どおりに受(う)け取(と)ると、彼(かれ)は賛成(さんせい)しているように聞(き)こえる。
Taken at face value, it sounds like he agrees.
その発言(はつげん)を額面(がくめん)どおりに信(しん)じるのは危(あぶ)ない。
It's risky to believe that statement at face value.

額面(がくめん) literally means "the face/surface of an amount" — the value printed or written on something.

SENSE 1 — FINANCIAL:
The stated value on securities, bonds, stamps, gift certificates, and currency.

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SENSE 2 — FIGURATIVE:
額面(がくめん)どおり means "at face value" or "literally" — accepting something as it appears without looking deeper.

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Related: 元本(がんぽん) (principal)
Related: 時価(じか) (market value, current price)
Related: 定価(ていか) (list price, retail price)
Related: 給料(きゅうりょう) (salary)
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Added 2026.1.19 8:43 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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