How to Say "Prices" in Japanese

価格

kakaku[ka̠ka̠kɯ̟]

The English phrase 'prices' can be translated into Japanese as 価格 (kakaku).

価格 is used to refer to prices.

Which one should you use?

While 価格 is used for formal or economic contexts like 'market prices', the word 値段 is the more common, everyday word for the price of an object.

The pronunciation is [kakaku].

When prices are 'too high', Japanese speakers often use the phrase 高い (takai), which is the same word used to describe something that is 'tall'.
In some traditional Japanese markets, you might hear 値切る (nekiru), a verb meaning to haggle or 'cut the price', though this is rare in modern shops using 価格.
The first character in 価格, 格, can also mean 'status' or 'standard', implying that a price is the 'standard' level assigned to a value.

原油価格が下がった。
Oil prices dropped.
This sentence is useful for describing how oil prices dropped using 価格.
Tatoeba #11588731 by small_snow, translation #12428264 by CK
お得な価格でご提供します。
We offer great prices.
This sentence is useful for describing how something is offered at a great price using 価格.
Tatoeba #10984971 by small_snow, translation #11354602 by pip
ガソリン価格は下がるんですか？
Are gas prices going down?
This sentence is useful for asking about gas prices using 価格.
Tatoeba #8749161 by bunbuku, translation #7782706 by CK
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Yota and Misaki are looking at a menu in a cafe.

陽太 Yota

このカフェ、価格設定がかなり高いね。
Kono kafe, kakaku settei ga kanari takai ne.
The price setting in this cafe is quite high, isn't it?
美咲 Misaki

そうね。でも、味はすごく美味しいわよ。
Sou ne. Demo, aji wa sugoku oishii wa yo.
True. But the taste is very delicious.
陽太 Yota

確かに。もう少し価格が安ければいいんだけど。
Tashika ni. Mou sukoshi kakaku ga yasukereba ii ndakedo.
True. I wish the prices were a little lower, though.
美咲 Misaki

たまの贅沢にはちょうどいい価格だわ。
Tama no zeitaku ni wa choudo ii kakaku da wa.
It's a perfect price for an occasional treat.

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