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Worth the effort to build a garden with 〜甲斐がある

Grammar Explanation: Worth it with 〜甲斐がある

Manga panel from ARIA The MASTERPIECE showing example of Worth the effort to build a garden with 〜甲斐がある.
ARIA The MASTERPIECE » Volume 5 » Page 43

A customer asks Akari to stop the gondola as she sees a house with a fantastic flower garden. The customer asks if it’s a special place, to which Alicia explains it’s an ordinary house. She says the flower bed and gardening are a barometer to measure the caliber of the woman of the household.

アリシア:
「ネオ・ヴェネツィアの街中(まちなか)は残念(ざんねん)ながら自然(しぜん)の緑(みどり)が少(すく)ないですから」
“Since there's regrettably little natural greenery in the city of Neo-Venezia...”
「きっと奥様(おくさま)方(がた)もがんばり甲斐(がい)があるんでしょうね」
“...surely the housewives also find it worth the effort.”

Key Points

  1. がんばり甲斐(がい)がある = “the effort pays off / it feels worth working hard”

    • Here, がんばり甲斐(がい)がある means the housewives can feel their hard work is rewarded by the beautiful result.

    • Alicia is not saying effort is good in the abstract; she means gardening here has a visible payoff because the flowers stand out in a city with little greenery.

  2. んでしょうね softens the statement into a polite inference

    • んでしょう shows Alicia is making a gentle inference, not stating a hard fact.

    • ね invites shared agreement with the listener: “I imagine that must be true, don’t you think?”

    • Together, があるんでしょうね gives the line a warm, reflective tone that fits Alicia’s polite speech.

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