1.
valuable; worthy; worthwhile
Having value or worth; deserving of attention, effort, or respect.
価値ある体験だった。
It was a valuable experience.
価値ある情報を手に入れた。
I obtained valuable information.
時間をかけてでも読む価値ある本を紹介したい。
I want to recommend books that are worth reading even if they take time.
A pre-noun modifier combining 価値 (value, worth) and ある (to exist). It functions as an attributive expression placed directly before a noun, meaning "having value" or "worthwhile."
This pattern (noun + ある) is a classical Japanese construction that survives in modern written and somewhat formal spoken Japanese. Other examples include 意味ある (meaningful) and 力ある (powerful).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 価値ある体験: a valuable experience
- 価値ある情報: valuable information
- 価値ある存在: a worthy existence
- 読む価値がある: worth reading
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 貴重な: precious, valuable — emphasizes rarity and preciousness
- 有意義な: meaningful, significant — emphasizes purposefulness
- 価値がある: to have value — the predicative form (used at the end of a sentence rather than before a noun)