ランキング

らんきんぐ

noun

ranking, chart

1. ranking, chart, standings

An ordered list showing relative positions based on popularity, performance, sales, or other criteria. Extremely common in Japanese media, retail, and entertainment.

売(う)り上(あ)げランキングを見(み)る。

Look at the sales rankings.

この曲(きょく)は音楽(おんがく)ランキングで一位(いちい)になった。

This song reached number one on the music charts.

The ranking of popular ramen shops is announced every year and always becomes a topic of conversation.

ランキング is a loanword from English "ranking" and is used pervasively in Japanese culture for ordered lists of all kinds.

Common collocations

ランキング一位(いちい) (ranked first)
ランキングに入(はい)る (make it onto the rankings)
人気(にんき)ランキング (popularity ranking)
売(う)り上(あ)げランキング (sales ranking)
世界(せかい)ランキング (world ranking)
ランキング上位(じょうい) (top of the rankings)

Usage

Japanese media and retail are extremely fond of rankings — TV shows, magazines, and websites frequently feature ランキング segments
ランクイン (making it onto a ranking) is a related wasei-eigo expression
順位(じゅんい) is a more formal native equivalent for "ranking" or "position"

general

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