場（ば）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: place / occasion
Example sentences
- 初めての面接の場でとても緊張した。 — I was really nervous at my first job interview.
- よく考えず、その場ですぐに決めた。 — Without thinking it through, I decided on the spot.
Idioms & proverbs containing “場”
- 満場一致 (まんじょういっち) — unanimity; unanimous consent; unanimous agreement
- 土壇場 (どたんば) — last moment; eleventh hour
- 常在戦場 (じょうざいせんじょう) — always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)
- 場外乱闘 (じょうがいらんとう) — brawl outside the stadium; fighting outside ring (wrestling); ring-side battle
- 職場の花 (しょくばのはな) — female office worker; flower of the office
- 火事場の馬鹿力 (かじばのばかぢから) — extraordinary strength displayed in an emergency; surge of power beyond one's normal capacity; great strength exerted at risk
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “場” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)