値
Meanings
Formal or literary standalone use for the price or cost of something, especially written 価. In ordinary modern Japanese, 値段, 価格, or 値 read ね is usually more natural.
The price of this item was higher than expected.
Used for the worth or merit something has, often in formal set patterns such as 一読の値がある or 一考の値がある.
This report is worth reading.
That proposal is worth considering.
value; numeric value; data value
Technical use in mathematics and computing for a number, variable value, or stored data value; normally written 値.
Find the value of x.
Increase the value of the variable count by 1.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉に値をつけるto set a price on something
They put a high price on the old antique.
- 〈事〉の値があるto be worth doing something
This book is worth reading once.
- 〈物〉に値を代入するto assign a value to something (e.g. a variable)
I assigned a value to the variable in the program.
- 値を求めるto calculate or find the value of something
I solved for the value of x in the equation.
Expressions
- 値を戻すreturn a value