次元|じげんjigen[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundimension
2. nounperspective; point of reference; level (of something)

• SynonymレベルNeutralLoanword for level, as in 「レベルが高い」. It focuses on how high or low something is and is the most common choice in everyday speech.
• SynonymディメンションNeutralLoanword for dimension or scale, common in IT and design contexts. 「次元」 is the more everyday choice and also covers figurative layers, as in 「次元が違う」.
• RelatedレベルNeutralLoanword for level, as in 「レベルが高い」. It focuses on how high or low something is and is the most common choice in everyday speech.
• RelatedレイヤーNeutralLoanword for a layer, especially a graphics layer, as in 「レイヤーを重ねる」. Used mostly in design and IT.
• Related段階だんかいNeutralA stage or step, as in 「最終段階」. Its focus is on steps in a process of development or progress.
• Related階層かいそうNeutralA class or stratum, as in 「社会階層」. It focuses on vertical hierarchy, higher and lower levels.
• Related座標軸ざひょうじくNeutralA coordinate axis, the reference line that fixes coordinates; figuratively, a standard of judgment. Different in reference from 「次元」, so the two are not interchangeable.
• Related層そうNeutralA layer or stratum, as in 「富裕層」 and 「地層」. Often used as a suffix to form words for groups or layers.

Use 「次元」 for the dimensions of mathematical space or for figurative levels that are utterly different, as in 「三次元」, 「次元が違う」 and 「次元削減」. For level in everyday speech say 「レベル」, for stages 「段階」; the loanword 「ディメンション」 also means dimension.

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1. 数学すうがく的てきな空間くうかんの広ひろがり。また、その広ひろがりの方向ほうこう。
2. ディメンション。
3. 物事ものごとを考かんがえる立場たちばや着眼点ちゃくがんてん。比較ひかくの尺度しゃくど。レベル。