scale in Japanese
scale in Japanese is 音階, スケール, 鱗 — scale means the size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
scale in Japanese
音階
Pronounced: onkai
スケール
Pronounced: sukēru
鱗
Pronounced: uroko
Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
目盛り
Pronounced: memori
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
強度
Pronounced: kyōdo
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
等級
Pronounced: tōkyuu
An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude.
鱗片
Pronounced: rinpen
天秤
Pronounced: tenbin
Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
秤
Pronounced: hakari
Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
規模
Pronounced: kibo
Size; scope.
大きさ
Pronounced: ookisa
Size; scope.
縮尺比
The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
登る
Pronounced: noboru
(transitive) To climb to the top of.
ガサガサにする
Pronounced: gasagasanisuru
(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
肌荒れを起こす
(intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
見合う
Pronounced: miau
(intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
鱗を落とす
(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
鱗を除く
(transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
What does "scale" mean?
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noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
"Nobody expected the scale of the celebration in the village."
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noun A series of marked measurements used for comparison, such as on a ruler, map, or rating system.
"The thermometer has a scale in both Celsius and Fahrenheit."
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noun One of the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish and reptiles.
"The lizard's scales felt dry and rough under my fingers."
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noun An instrument for measuring weight.
"I put the flour on the kitchen scale and checked the weight."
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scale in a sentence
- Nobody expected the scale of the celebration in the village.
- The architects were amazed by the sheer scale of the old cathedral.
- The thermometer has a scale in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
- On the map's scale, one centimetre represents a kilometre.
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What is "scale" in Japanese?
"scale" in Japanese is 音階, スケール, 鱗. scale means: The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
How do you pronounce 音階?
"scale" in Japanese is 音階, pronounced "onkai".
How do you use "scale" in a sentence?
Example: "Nobody expected the scale of the celebration in the village." In Japanese, "scale" is 音階, スケール, 鱗.
Are there other ways to say "scale" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 18 translations listed for "scale": 音階, スケール, 鱗, 目盛り, 強度, 等級.
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