格安|かくやすkakuyasu[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- no-adjective, na-adjective(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
Conjugation
| Plain form | 格安（かくやす） |
|---|---|
| Polite (desu) | 格安です（かくやすです） |
| Negative (dewa nai) | 格安ではない（かくやすではない） |
| polite (dewa arimasen) | 格安ではありません（かくやすではありません） |
| Past (datta) | 格安だった（かくやすだった） |
| Past negative (dewa nakatta) | 格安ではなかった（かくやすではなかった） |
| Te form (de) | 格安で（かくやすで） |
| Adverbial (ni) | 格安に（かくやすに） |
| Conditional (nara) | 格安なら（かくやすなら） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym廉価れんかWrittenWritten/formal prose for low prices, as in 「廉価版」; 「格安」 stresses exceptionally low prices, as in 「格安航空券」, and is more colloquial.
- Synonym低廉ていれんWrittenWritten/formal prose for low prices, common in documents and news reports; 「格安」 is more colloquial and stresses exceptionally low prices.
- Synonym安価あんかWrittenWritten/formal prose for low prices, but also for shallow things like sympathy; 「格安」 covers price only and stresses that it is exceptionally low.
- Synonym安いやすいNeutralThe everyday adjective for cheap and the most common choice; 「格安」 stresses exceptionally low prices and mostly modifies nouns, as in 「格安航空券」.
- Synonym割安わりやすNeutralGood value relative to quality or quantity; 「格安」 is about the price itself being exceptionally low.
- Related安上がりやすあがりCasualColloquial for getting something done cheaply, focused on total cost; 「格安」 is about the price itself being exceptionally low.
- Related安手やすでCasualColloquial for cheap goods or a cheap feel, often implying low quality, as in 「安手の品」; 「格安」 only says the price is exceptionally low, with no negative shade.
- RelatedチープCasualColloquial loanword for cheap or cheap-looking, often pejorative, as in 「チープな作り」; 「格安」 says only that the price is exceptionally low, with no comment on quality.
- Antonym高価こうかWrittenWritten/formal prose for expensive or valuable things; the opposite of 「格安」 in price level.
- Antonym割高わりだかNeutralRelatively expensive for the quality or quantity; opposite of 「格安」 in cheapness, though its direct counterpart is 「割安」.
- Antonym高額こうがくWrittenWritten/formal prose for large sums, said of the money itself; opposite of 「格安」 in high versus low price.
Use 「格安」 for exceptionally low prices, as in 「格安スマホ」 and 「格安航空券」. For everyday 'cheap' pick 「安い」, for good value 「割安」, for a budget edition 「廉価」, for a cheap feel 「チープ」; the opposites are 「高価」 and 「割高」.
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