英和和英

読み方 ば

名詞

1

（＝場所）room; space; ground; a place; a spot; a scene

用例

• 場を取る
  to take up room―occupy much space

• まだ入る場があるか
  Is there room for more?
• 現場で
  on the spot―on the ground―on the scene
• 猟場
  a hunting-ground―（私有なら）―a preserve―（漁猟場なら）―fishing-grounds
• 逃げ場
  a place of refuge
  a place of safety
• 隠れ場
  a hiding-place
• 晴れの場
  a public place
  a public occasion
• その場で
  on the spot―then and there
• その場で殴ってやった
  I thrashed him on the spot.
• 下手人はその場でつかまった
  The murderer was arrested on the spot.
• その場で理由を問えばよかったに
  You should have demanded the reason then and there.

2

（＝芝居の何の場）a scene

用例

• 別れの場
  a parting scene

• 愁嘆場
  a pathetic scene
• ヨーロッパは修羅場と化した
  Europe was turned into a scene of deadly strife and bloodshed.

3

（＝芝居などの席）a seat; a place

• 場を取っておく
  to book a seat―take a place―（興行者の方で言えば）―reserve a seat for one

4

（＝活動の場）a field; a stage; a theatre; an arena; a scene of action

用例

• 活動の場
  a field of activity
  a theatre of activity
  a stage to play on

• 競争の場
  the arena of competition―the lists
• その場に臨んで苦情を言いだした
  He began to complain on the scene of action.

5

（＝取引所の場）market

用例

• 前場
  the morning market

• 後場
  the afternoon market

6

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 気を利かして場をはずした
  I took the hint, and kept out of the way
  I took care to be out of the way.

• その場をごまかす
  to save appearances
• その場をのがれる
  to effect one's retreat―make good one's escape
• この場限りの話だ
  This is between ourselves
  It shall go no further
  Nobody will be the wiser.
• その場の目的を達する
  to gain one's end
• この場に及んで逃げ出すとは卑怯だ
  It is cowardly to beat a retreat at the last moment.
• その場はどうか治まった
  The matter was settled for the occasion.
• けんかはその場限りさ
  You should forgive and forget
  “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”【イディオム・格言的】
• その場限りの事を言う人だから当てにならぬ
  He is not to be depended upon, for he will speak on impulse―speak on the spur of the moment.

読み方 じょう

名詞

The ground; the grounds

• 場内に売店あり
  There are stalls in the grounds.