価格
NOUN
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price
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cost
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value
related
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pricing
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price range
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price setting
untranslatable
(Refers to a specific marketing strategy which may not have a direct one-word equivalent.)
The price or cost of a good, service, or asset, representing its monetary value. While often interchangeable with 値段, 価格 (kakaku) generally carries a more formal or technical connotation, frequently used in business, economic, or legal contexts. It can also refer to the pricing of goods or services, and in specific terms like 価格設定 (kakaku settei), it denotes the strategy or process of determining prices, a concept that sometimes lacks a single direct English equivalent and is better explained as 'price setting' or 'pricing strategy'. It contrasts with 価値, which means inherent worth or value.
- この製品の価格は妥当だ。 — The price of this product is reasonable.
- 彼は製品の価格競争力について議論した。 — He discussed the price competitiveness of the product.
- 消費税込みの価格です。 — This is the price including consumption tax.
- 私たちは新たな価格設定戦略を導入する予定だ。 — We plan to introduce a new price setting strategy.
register: formal