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JLPT N2Written, formalA verdict

に値あたいするdeserve; be worth

Something has earned a response: praise, attention, a careful read. に値あたいする is the written way to say it deserves that, or is worth doing.

How to form it

Noun + に値あたいする

Negative: に値あたいしない.

With a verb

Verb dictionary form + に値あたいする

見みるに値あたいする, "worth seeing"; 読よむに値あたいする, "worth reading".

Before it
A response the thing has earned: 称しょう賛さん (praise), 尊そん敬けい (respect), 注ちゅう目もく (attention), 検けん討とう (consideration), 一いち読どく (a read).
After it
Often a noun: 信しん頼らいに値あたいする人ひと, "a person worthy of trust".
Set phrases
一いっ見けんに値あたいする (worth a look), 驚おどろくに値あたいしない (no surprise).
Tone
A verdict handed down, in the voice of a reviewer or a committee. To someone's face it can sound like grading them.
Where you'll meet it
Reviews, editorials, reports, award speeches.

In use

In conversation: 価か値ちがある

In everyday talk the word is 価か値ちがある, "is worth".

What something would sell for is 価か値ちがある too: 百ひゃく万まん円えんの価か値ちがある絵え, "a painting worth a million yen".

Close neighbours

べきだN3

"Should": it tells people what is right to do. に値あたいする stops at the verdict: the thing has earned it.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

あの選せん手しゅの努ど力りょくは、称しょう賛さん(  )値あたいする。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

彼かれの話はなしはうそばかりで、信しんじるに(  )。

Choose an answer to see why.

More sentences

に値する (niataisuru) – deserve; be worth