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    3. 場当たり

    場当たり

    場ば当あた​り​

    playing to the gallery

    KMT9News #31+1Music & EntertainmentKanji Vocab24 strokes

    場当り場あたり

    ばあたり

    Noun

    1.
    playing to the gallery, grandstanding, gag, claptrap

    Adjective, Particle

    2.
    ad hoc, haphazard

    Noun

    3.
    dress rehearsal
    abbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれの計けい画かくは場ば当あたり的てきだった。

    His plan was ad hoc.

    KMT7Daily Life
    その政せい治じ家かは場ば当あたり的てきな発はつ言げんで聴ちょう衆しゅうの喝かっ采さいを浴あびた。

    That politician received applause from the audience with his grandstanding remarks.

    KMT9Politics & LawMusic & Entertainment
    劇げき団だんは本ほん番ばん前まえに場ば当あたりを行おこない、舞ぶ台たいの最さい終しゅう調ちょう整せいをした。

    The theater company held a dress rehearsal before the actual performance to make final adjustments to the stage.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentArt & Design
    危き機き管かん理りにおいて場ば当あたり的てきな判はん断だんは、事じ態たいを悪あっ化かさせる可か能のう性せいがある。

    Ad hoc judgments in crisis management can worsen the situation.

    KMT9Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    場ば当あたり的てきな対たい応おうでは、長ちょう期き的てきな問もん題だい解かい決けつには繋つながらないだろう。

    Ad hoc responses will likely not lead to long-term problem solving.

    KMT10Work & CareerPolitics & Law

    Characters that make up this word

    場
    ば…(2)
    location・place
    Kanji
    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    Kanji
    た
    ta
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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