How to say "scope" in Japanese

• 範囲はんいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'scope' as extent or range — how far something reaches or what it includes. When you mean the boundaries of what is covered, treated, or allowed, this is the most general choice.
  自分じぶんの収入しゅうにゅうの範囲はんいで生活せいかつするようにしなさい。↗

  Try to live within your income.
• 規模きぼJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'scope' in the sense of scale: the overall size of a project, undertaking, or operation, not the boundaries of what it includes. English 'a project of this scope' often means 'of this size'.
  我々われわれのクラスは規模きぼが大おおきくなった。↗

  Our class has increased in size.
• スコープCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword, used largely as in English and keeping a jargon-like feel; it turns up especially in business and technical settings. For ordinary prose, 範囲 is usually the better pick.
• 枠外わくがいCommon
  no-adjectiveReally means the area beyond the set limits — 'outside the frame' — so it fits only when English says 'beyond or outside the scope'. It is seldom the word you want for scope itself.
• 余裕よゆうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounNot really a way to say 'scope': it means surplus, margin, or leeway — room to spare in time, money, or capacity. It matches only through that 'room' sense, so it is seldom the right choice.
  車くるまを持もつ余裕よゆうはないな。↗

  I cannot afford to keep a car.

Use 範囲 for scope as extent or coverage, 規模 for scope as size or scale, 「スコープ」 as the loanword in business and technical talk, 枠外 only for 'beyond the scope', and not 余裕, which really means margin or leeway.

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• 範囲はんいextent
• 規模きぼscale
• スコープscope
• 枠外わくがい(beyond the) limits
• 余裕よゆうsurplus
• 余地よちplace
• 対象範囲たいしょうはんいscope
• 有効範囲ゆうこうはんいscope
• 適用範囲てきようはんいrange of use
• 限りかぎりdegree
• 間口まぐちbreadth (e.g. of one's knowledge)
• 守備範囲しゅびはんい(one's) field