手頃

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 手頃, read てごろ, describes a price or size that is suitable and manageable for the intended use.
• Basic usage: In 駅の近くで手頃な家賃の部屋を見つけた。, the speaker found a room with manageable, affordable rent.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Suitable price or size
  • 手頃な家賃 concerns affordability, while 手頃な大きさ concerns a size convenient to handle or carry. The size sense is not a statement that something is cheap.