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Meanings
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General and philosophical use. In philosophy, it refers to fundamental categories of thought or being, such as Aristotle's categories or Kant's categories of understanding.
This problem falls into a different category.
Kant proposed twelve categories.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉は〈物〉の範疇に入るfor something to fall within a given category
This problem falls within the category of economics.
- 〈事〉の範疇に属するto belong to a certain category
This phenomenon belongs to the category of physics.
- 〈事〉の範疇を出ないto not go beyond a certain category (i.e. remain within it)
His opinion doesn't go beyond a personal impression.
- 〈事〉は範疇外だto be outside the (relevant) category
That question is outside the scope of this discussion.
Expressions
- 理解の範疇を超えるgo over one's head; be beyond comprehension