安価

• 読み: あんか
• ローマ字: anka
• 漢字の分解: 安 (an/yasu) — cheap, peaceful; 価 (ka/atai) — price, value
• 発音: /aɴ.ka/

意味

Cheap; inexpensive; low-priced.

A na-adjective meaning inexpensive. More formal and written than 安い (yasui). Often used in business, news, and academic writing. Can carry a neutral or slightly negative nuance depending on context — sometimes implying cheapness in quality as well as price.

例文

1. 安価な材料でも工夫すればおいしい料理が作れる。
2. この店は安価で品質のいい商品が多い。
3. 安価な労働力に頼るビジネスモデルは見直すべきだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, economics, shopping

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 安 (an, cheap/peaceful) + 価 (ka, price/value). A Sino-Japanese reading compound used in formal registers.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal