視野|しやshiya[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounfield of vision; view
    彼かれらはついに視野しやから消きえた。↗
    They went out of sight at last.
  2. nounone's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
    いつもワイドな視野しやを持もって、仕事しごとをしなさい。↗
    You should always keep a broad perspective on the work you do.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym視界しかいNeutralThe range you can actually see (「視界が開ける」); it can also cover the reach of thought or knowledge, but 「視野」 is the more common word for the figurative sense.
  • Related展望てんぼうNeutralA view stretching into the distance, or a prospect (「将来の展望」); the focus is on looking ahead rather than the breadth of one's vision.
  • Related眼界がんかいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the range of vision; rare in everyday use — say 「視野」 instead.
  • Related視程していNeutralVisibility — how far you can see through the atmosphere; used mostly in meteorology, not about one's outlook.

Use 「視野」 for both the range of sight and the breadth of one's knowledge or outlook (「視野が広い」「視野に入れる」). For what is actually visible say 「視界」, for prospects ahead 「展望」, and for meteorological visibility 「視程」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 見みえる範囲はんい。
  2. 人ひとの理解力りかいりょく。特とくに観点かんてんを変かえたものの見方みかた。判断はんだんのもととなる見識けんしき。
  3. 起おこりうると予想よそうされる範囲はんい。また、目標もくひょうとする範囲はんい。
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