レンジ

See also: れんじ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English range.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) レ​ンジ [réꜜǹjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

レンジ • (renji)  (counter 台)

1. (cooking) a cooker, a range, an oven or the like
2. a range (area for practicing shooting)
3. range (extent of excursion; reach; scope)
   • 2009 November 9, Tadatoshi Fujimaki, “第(だい)28(にじゅうはち)Ｑ(クォーター)　すまないな [28th Quarter: Sorry, man]”, in [黒](くろ)[子](こ)のバスケ [Kuroko’s Basketball], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     そんな手(て)前(まえ)ではないと言(い)ったのだよ　オレのシュート範囲(レンジ)はコート全(すべ)てだ

     Sonna temae de wa nai to itta no da yo Ore no shūto renji wa kōto subete da

     Told you, didn’t I. My shooting range is the entire court.

See also

• 電(でん)子(し)レンジ (denshi renji, “microwave oven”)
• チン (chin)
• 焜(こん)炉(ろ) (konro)
• オーブン (ōbun)