土 地 代(とちだい)

とちだい

noun

land price; cost of land

1. land price; cost of land; price paid for land

The monetary cost or price of a piece of land, especially in the context of purchase or rental. Distinguished from the cost of the building itself.

Land prices in central Tokyo are high.

I'll pay for the land and plan to build the house later.

If you move to the countryside, land is cheap and you can build a spacious house.

Compound of 土地(とち) (land) + 代(だい) (price, cost). The suffix 代(だい) attaches to many cost-related nouns (電気(でんき)代(だい), 交通(こうつう)費(ひ), etc.).

地価(ちか): land value — more formal, used in news and real-estate statistics
家賃(やちん): rent (for a house/apartment) — recurring rental cost, not a purchase price
不動産(ふどうさん)価格(かかく): real-estate price — broader, includes buildings as well as land

Related Words

Compare: 家賃(やちん) (rent)

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Added 2026.5.31 13:10 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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