時価

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 時価, read じか, means the market price or value at a given time.
• Basic usage: It can describe a fish dish's selling price or a painting's current value.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinction from a fixed price
  • 定価 is a set price, whereas 時価 is based on the market at the relevant time.
• What is appraised
  • In the example, 古い絵の時価 means the current value of an old painting.
  • It does not refer to the amount originally paid for the painting.