► 動詞
掛かる [(2)かかる] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ 家には多くの維持費が掛かる ⇨ Houses require a lot of maintenance costs
☆ 車の修理に十万円も掛かった ⇨ It cost me as much as ¥100K to repair my car
する [(2)する] [coll] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ えー、そんなにするの？ ⇨ What, it costs that much?
☆ 良いパソコンは十万円ぐらいする ⇨ A good PC costs around ¥100K
付く [(1)つく] [値が付く・値段が付く] [coll] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ ピカソの絵に20億円の値が付いた ⇨ A Picasso painting fetched a price tag of ¥ 2 billion
付く [(1)つく] [安く付く] [coll] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ 修理は思ったより安く付いた ⇨ The repair cost less than I had expected
付く [(1)つく] [高く付く] [coll] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ その失敗は非常に高く付いた ⇨ The mistake cost us a lot
上げる [あげる] [安く上げる] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 安く上げようとして質が落ちたら元も子もない ⇨ It will ruin everything if you try to reduce the cost and then the quality goes down (☛ Keep the cost as low as possible)
► 成句
上がる [あがる] [安く上がる] [coll] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 屋根の修理は思ったよりずっと安く上がった ⇨ The repair of the roof cost much less than expected (☛ Cost less than expected. The opposite is “高く付く”)
► 名詞
只 [(1)ただ] [coll] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ ただより高いものはない ⇨ Nothing is more expensive than free
☆ 入場料はただです ⇨ The admission is free
☆ 施設はただで使うことが出来る ⇨ You can use the facility for free
☆ こんなことをして、ただでは済まないぞ ⇨ You did this and it won’t be free, there will a dire consequence (☛ Not monetary free, but free of consequences)
代金 [(1)だいきん] [liter] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 代金は注文時に払わなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to make the payment at the time of order (☛ A compensation for service rendered)
手数料 [(2)てすうりょう] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 価格に手数料は含まれていません ⇨ The price doesn’t include handling charges
費用 [(1)ひよう] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 家の修理に沢山の費用が掛かった ⇨ There were a lot of expenses for house repair
無料 [むりょう] [liter] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 入場料は無料です ⇨ The admission is free
☆ 施設は無料で使うことが出来る ⇨ You can use the facility free of charge
☆ 無料ソフト ⇨ A free app, freeware
有料 [ゆうりょう] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 据付工事は有料です ⇨ There is a fee for the installation
☆ 有料道路 ⇨ A toll road
料金 [(1)りょうきん] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 高速道路の料金所 ⇨ Highway toll booths
☆ 水道料金が引き上げになった ⇨ The water rates have been raised (☛ Typically a fee to use some facility)
無償 [むしょう] [liter] meaning: price rank: 3
☆ 不良品は無償で交換致します ⇨ We will exchange defective items for free (☛ Free, usually because of warranty or some responsibility)
有償 [ゆうしょう] meaning: price rank: 3
☆ 工事は有償になります ⇨ The work will be chargeable
手間賃 [(2)てまちん] meaning: price rank: 4
☆ (☛ Fees for manual work)
► 接尾辞
代 [(1)だい] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ ホテル代は会社が持つ ⇨ The company will pay for the hotel cost
☆ ガソリン代が二万円掛かった ⇨ The gas cost was ¥20K (☛ Usually one-time purchase price)
費 [ひ] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 生活費、人件費、維持費、養育費 ⇨ Cost of living, labor cost, maintenance cost, child support
☆ 一ヶ月の食料費 ⇨ Monthly food cost (☛ Cost over some period)
料 [(1)りょう] meaning: price rank: 2
☆ 大学の授業料 ⇨ College tuition
☆ 彼女の講演料は一回当たり五十万円だ ⇨ Her speaking fee is ¥500K per occasion (☛ Professional labor fees are usually 料)
☆ 入場料 ⇨ Admission fee (☛ Usually one-time fees)