場合
See also: 场合
Chinese
courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation) |
to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together | ||
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trad. (場合) | 場 | 合 | |
simp. (场合) | 场 | 合 |
Etymology
Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 場合 (baai).
Pronunciation
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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場 | 合 |
ば Grade: 2 |
あい Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- Sometimes pronounced as ばわい bawai instead of usual ばあい baai, analyzed as epenthesis.
Noun
場合 (hiragana ばあい, rōmaji baai, historical hiragana ばあひ)
- case (as in in "that case"), occasion
- 1916, 河上肇, 貧乏物語:
- ドイツの場合が特にそうである。
- Doitsu no baai ga toku ni sō de aru.
- It's particularly the case with Germany.
- ドイツの場合が特にそうである。
- 1916, 河上肇, 貧乏物語:
- circumstances, situation
- 1917, 芥川龍之介, 偸盗:
- あるいは場合によっては、殺されてもいい。
- Arui wa baai ni yotte wa, korosarete mo ii.
- In some circumstances, it's not bad to be killed.
- あるいは場合によっては、殺されてもいい。
- 1917, 芥川龍之介, 偸盗:
Descendants
- → Chinese: 場合
- → Vietnamese: trường hợp
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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