effect, result, worth, use, avail
Verb informal +
Used to express whether an action is worth the effort or not. It follows the informal form of a verb to show the result or ongoing worth of an action.
Verb informal
The informal form of a verb, usually in the past or continuous tense, followed by
早く起きた
It was worth waking up early.
何度も説明した
Explaining it many times was not worth the effort.
Noun + の +
Used with action nouns to express that the effort put into that action was either worth it or produced no positive result.
Noun + の
A noun representing an action or effort, followed by the particle の and
練習の
The practice is paying off.
努力の
The effort is in vain.
This formation is usually used with nouns that imply some kind of exertion, time, or energy spent, such as practice, effort, or study.
Verb ます stem +
Attached directly to the stem of a verb to create a noun phrase meaning that the action is worth doing or has meaning.
Verb ます stem
The ます stem of a verb directly combined with
この本はとても読み
This book is very much worth reading.
この仕事は働き
This job is not worth doing.
When attached directly to a verb stem,
Sentence 1 + その
Acts as a conjunction between two sentences. It shows that the positive result in the second sentence happened because of the effort mentioned in the first sentence.
その
Starts the second sentence to indicate that the preceding statement's effort paid off and led to the following result.
毎日走った。その
I ran every day. It was worth the effort, and I won the tournament.
In this specific sentence pattern, only the demonstrative word その can precede