規模
Meanings
1
Refers to the magnitude, extent, or size of an undertaking, organization, event, or phenomenon. Often used in business, economics, and planning contexts.
The scale of this project is very large.
There is a plan to expand the company's scale.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉の規模を拡大するto expand the scale of something
The company expanded the scale of its business.
- 〈事〉の規模を縮小するto reduce the scale of something
Due to the recession, the factory reduced its production scale.
- 〈事〉の規模が大きいthe scale of something is large
The scale of this disaster is extremely large.
- 〈数〉億円規模の〈事〉a project/plan on the scale of ... hundred million yen
The government announced a support package on the scale of ten billion yen.
Expressions
- 規模の経済economies of scale
- 規模に関する収穫returns to scale
- 地球規模で考え、足元から行動せよthink globally, act locally