その場ば

noun

there; the spot; the place; the occasion; the situation

Refers to a specific physical location or a particular situation/occasion. Often used with particles like で, に, を.

• その場ばにいた全ぜん員いんが驚おどろいた。

  Everyone who was there was surprised.

• その場ばの雰ふん囲い気きにのまれてしまった。

  I got overwhelmed by the atmosphere of the occasion.

noun

then and there; on the spot; immediately; at once; impromptu

Used in the form その場で to mean doing something right at that place and time, without delay or preparation.

• 彼かれはその場ばで契けい約やく書しょにサインした。

  He signed the contract then and there.

• 質しつ問もんにその場ばで答こたえるのは難むずかしかった。

  It was difficult to answer the question on the spot.