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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)残念(ざんねん)ながら自然(しぜん)(みどり)(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)(がた)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."