じげん – Vocabulary details

じげん

Noun

Math

1. dimension

空くう間かんには縦たて、横よこ、高たかさの三みっつの次じ元げんがある。Space has three dimensions: length, width and height.

2. perspective; point of reference; level (of something); standpoint

いいえ、問もん題だいはもうそんな次じ元げんじゃないわ。No, the problem is no longer on that level.

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げん

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty

two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional

different dimension

three dimensions; 3D; 3-D; real world; IRL; in real life

考かんがえ方かたのじげんが明あきらかに異ことなっている。

Their ways of thinking are clearly on different levels.

格かくが違ちがうというより、住すんでいるじげんが違ちがう。

It is less that they are of a different class, and more that they inhabit a different dimension.

いいえ、問もん題だいはもうそんなじげんじゃないわ。

No, the problem is no longer on that level.

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