価値観

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 価値観, read かちかん, combines value 価値 with viewpoint 観 as a term for standards of judgment.
• Basic usage: It denotes a person's system for judging what is important or desirable, as in 自分の価値観.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • It is a set of values that continually shapes judgments, broader than one opinion 意見, and can differ between people.