Illustration: On a wooded mountain path deep inside a steep valley, a hiker holds a phone above their head while balancing on a small rock. The screen shows a crossed-out cellular reception icon beside a full battery icon, with an attempted call remaining inactive.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

圏けん外がい

kengai

out of range, outside an area

Commonly describes a phone with no signal. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 一般的いっぱんてきな携帯電話けいたいでんわは各社かくしゃとも全域ぜんいきにわたり圏外けんがいであるため、移動体通信いどうたいつうしんを行おこないたい場合ばあいはインマルサットやワイドスターの衛星電話えいせいでんわを使つかうか、アマチュア無線むせんを使つかう必要ひつようがある。

    Since no mobile phones by any cell phone company are supported in this area, satellite telephones utilizing INMARSAT, WIDESTAR or amateur radio are the only means of mobile communication.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 中国ちゅうごくが国際法こくさいほう圏外けんがいであることは非常ひじょうに不利ふりであるという認識にんしきが一部いちぶの改革派官僚かいかくはかんりょうや知識人ちしきじんの間あいだに見みられるようになる。

    Some reformist officials and intellectuals came to see China’s position outside the sphere of international law as a serious disadvantage.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 山やまに入はいると、携帯けいたいが圏外けんがいになった。

    When we went into the mountains, my phone lost signal.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 圏外

  • 圏sphere; circleOnケンKunかこい
  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす

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