お買い得な（おかいどくな、okaidokuna）
- bargain

The Japanese word お買い得な means "good value," "a bargain," or "worth the price." It describes something that offers a beneficial price relative to its quality or usefulness. It suggests that the item is a smart purchase because you are getting a lot for your money. お買い得な is an adjectival form, specifically a "na-adjective." This means it modifies a noun.

⚫︎このお店は、お買い得な商品がたくさんあります。 Translation: This shop has a lot of good value products. ⚫︎このセーターは値段もお手頃で、お買い得な商品です。 Translation: This sweater is reasonably priced and a good value. ⚫︎今週は、お買い得なセールが開催されます。 Translation: There will be a good-value sale this week.

You can use お買い得な in various situations: ⚫︎ When recommending a product or service that offers a good deal. ⚫︎ When talking about sales or promotions. ⚫︎ When describing items that are considered reasonably priced for their quality. ⚫︎ Before a noun that represents such an item or service. For example, お買い得な + noun. The noun can be anything from items, like clothes or food, to services, like a hotel or travel package.

お買い得な is typically written in hiragana as おかいどくな. However, the kanji form is お買得な where the kanji for "buy" is used. The okurigana is standard, which is "な" because it's a "na-adjective." The verb form of this word is お買い得だ. Other forms include お買い得でした (was a bargain).

⚫︎ 安い (やすい) - cheap, inexpensive. ⚫︎ お得な (おとくな) - advantageous, beneficial (often used similarly to お買い得な). ⚫︎ 格安な (かくやすな) - bargain, very cheap. ⚫︎ 手頃な (てごろな) - affordable, reasonable. ⚫︎ 割安な (わりやすな) - relatively cheap, discounted.

⚫︎ 高い (たかい) - expensive, high-priced. ⚫︎ 高価な (こうかな) - expensive, costly. ⚫︎ 法外な (ほうがいな) - exorbitant, outrageous (price).

このパソコンは性能が良いのに、とてもお買い得な値段です。 ・Translation: This computer has good performance, yet it's a very good value price. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a computer as a good value because it provides good performance for its price.

このレストランのランチは、美味しくてお買い得なセットメニューがあります。 ・Translation: This restaurant's lunch has a delicious and good-value set menu. ・Explanation: This sentence explains that the lunch set menu offers both tasty food and a good price.

The word comes from the verb 買う (かう), meaning "to buy," and the adjective "得 (とく)" which means "gain, profit, advantage." The "な" is then added to make it a na-adjective. Therefore, literally, お買い得な means "giving you the benefit of buying" or "gaining by buying".