Wednesday, August 17, 2005

値引き

ねびき
Price reduction, discount
E.g. 値引き競争 Discount war

割引き
わりびき
Discount, reduction

E.g. 割引メロンパン

What is the difference between 値引き and 割引き? Maybe the difference is very subtle, one seems more for formal writing and the other one seems more colloquial.