寄よせ場ば

noun

gathering place; meeting spot

General term for a place where people gather or are brought together. Can be used for informal meeting spots or designated assembly areas.

• この公こう園えんは近きん所じょの子こ供どもたちの寄よせ場ばになっている。

  This park has become a gathering place for the neighborhood children.

noun

labour camp (Edo period); workhouse for vagrants and criminals

Historical abbreviation of 人足寄場 (にんそくよせば), a forced labour institution established in the Edo period for drifters, petty criminals, and the unemployed.

See also: 人足寄場

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、無む宿しゅく者しゃは寄よせ場ばに送おくられて強きょう制せい労ろう働どうに就つかされた。

  In the Edo period, vagrants were sent to labour camps and put to forced labour.

noun

vaudeville theater; entertainment hall; music hall

A venue for traditional popular entertainment such as rakugo, manzai, magic, and music. Often synonymous with 寄席 (よせ), but 寄せ場 can emphasize the physical location or hall itself.

See also: 寄席

• 浅あさ草くさには今いまでもいくつかの寄よせ場ばが残のこっている。

  Even now, several vaudeville theaters remain in Asakusa.