Hello everyone,
I just cannot get the differences between some words for values/prices such as
価値 かち
値段 ねだん
価格 かかく
値 あたい
Can anyone provide a little more precise translations or explanations?
The only one I am a little sure to have understood is
物価 ぶっか
as „consumer price“, but please tell me, if I got this wrong.
I am looking forward to your feedback and thanks in advance.
I don’t know the exact difference between all these words, but I can answer two of these from what Wanikani teaches about them. Copy+pasted from Wanikani:
物価 ぶっか:
物価 refers to the prices of goods and services in a place — the prices of commodities, a.k.a. the cost of living. It’s used when discussing how expensive it is to live somewhere or when talking about inflation.
値 あたい
This word actually has two readings. あたい and ね.
Generally, あたい refers to a numerical value in math, while ね is a formal word for “price.”
価値 かち ← Value/Worth
価格 かかく ← Price, Cost, Value
値段 ねだん ← Price
I’d say in this order the meaning gets less abstract with 値段 (ねだん) just bluntly meaning price (amount of money) of something, while 価格 (かかく) can also mean stuff like price per X.
価値 (かち) on the other hand does not have to do with money (but can) and expresses the value of something (for example, the value of friendship).