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    3. 場違い

    場違い

    場ば違ちがい​

    out-of-place

    KMT7CoreNoun, Adjective, ParticleDaily LifeKanji Vocab27 strokes

    場ちがい

    ばちがい

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    out-of-place, inappropriate, sticking out like a sore thumb
    2.
    produced at an unorthodox location

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    彼かれはパーティーで場ば違ちがいな格かっ好こうをしていた。

    He was dressed inappropriately for the party.

    KMT5Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    私わたしはフォーマルなレストランにTシャツで行シャツでいってしまい、場ば違ちがいだと感かんじた。

    I went to a formal restaurant in a T-shirt and felt out of place.

    KMT6Daily LifeFood & DiningFashion & Beauty
    この真ま面じ目めな会かい議ぎで冗じょう談だんを言いうのは場ば違ちがいだ。

    It's inappropriate to tell jokes in this serious meeting.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれの発はつ言げんは、その場ばの雰ふん囲い気きとは完かん全ぜんに場ば違ちがいだった。

    His remark was completely out of place with the atmosphere of the situation.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょはいつも周まわりの状じょう況きょうをよく見みて、場ば違ちがいな行こう動どうをしないように気きをつけている。

    She always pays close attention to her surroundings to avoid acting inappropriately.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    場
    ば…(2)
    location・place
    Kanji
    違
    ちが.う・ちが.い・ちが.える・-ちが.える・たが.う・たが.える…(1)
    difference・differ
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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