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手ごろ (てごろ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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大おお
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Usage patterns 手て ごろな 値ね 段だん a reasonable/affordable price
At this restaurant you can eat delicious food at a reasonable price.
手て ごろな 大おお きさ a handy, manageable size
This bag is a handy size and easy to use.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 手て ごろな 〈 物もの 〉 something suitable/manageable for a particular person
Let's start with exercise that's manageable for beginners.
〈 物もの 〉 が 手て ごろだ something is just the right size/price/level
The rent for this apartment is reasonable.
Related words· 7 手軽 stresses that something is simple or easy to do without much effort, while 手ごろ focuses on being the right size, weight, or price for practical use.
便利 is the broad, general word for 'convenient' or 'useful', whereas 手ごろ specifically highlights that something is easy to handle or reasonably priced.
適当 can mean 'suitable' but often implies a casual or approximate fit, while 手ごろ implies something is precisely the right level for practical purposes.
妥当 is a more formal, judgment-based word for 'reasonable' or 'valid', while 手ごろ is a casual, everyday word for prices or tasks being just right.
Show 3 more 手頃 emphasizes something fitting one's budget or being easy to handle, while リーズナブル focuses on a price being fair or justifiable.
手頃 describes a price that is reasonable or affordable for one's means, while 安い simply means the price itself is low.
手頃 is the modern everyday word for reasonably priced or convenient, while 格好な in this suitable/reasonable sense sounds older or more formal.
Opposites 高価 describes something expensive or costly, the opposite of 手ごろ, which describes a reasonable, affordable price.
Written forms 手て ごろ Usage 48%
Common mixed-kana spelling; this form has high priority.
手て 頃ごろ Usage 51%
Full-kanji spelling; less common than 手ごろ but still encountered.
てごろ Usage 1%
Etymology Formed from 手 “hand” and ごろ, a suffix expressing suitability or an appropriate condition. It originally described something of a convenient size or feel for handling, then broadened to reasonable or suitable things generally.
