価格

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 価格 is read as かかく and is a noun for the price assigned to a product or material.
• Basic usage: It is used when comparing the same product across stores or locating listed material prices below a table.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A product's price
  • 商品の価格 is the price of a particular product and can be compared across sellers. Example: 同じ商品の価格を三つの店で比べました。
• Material prices
  • In 材料の価格, の connects the priced material to its price, with context allowing multiple material prices. Example: 材料の価格が表の下に記載されています。