値下げ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 値下げ is read as ねさげ and means reducing a product's price.
• Basic usage: It can describe an item already marked down because of damage or a store actively lowering prices before closing.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An already reduced price
  • 値下げされていた states that the desk had already been marked down slightly. Example: 傷のある机が少し値下げされていました。
• A store lowering a price
  • 弁当を値下げする means that the store actively reduces the price of boxed meals. Example: 店は閉店前に弁当を値下げしました。