Related words 場所 is the ordinary standalone noun for 'place', while 場 is a suffix that attaches to other nouns to name a specific facility, as in 駐車場 .
所 is a general, freestanding word for 'place' that can be used on its own, while 場 mainly appears as a suffix forming compound words for specific venues.
Don't confuse with Written the same as 場 (じょう ) but read ば , this is an independent noun for 'place, scene, or situation' (その場 , 場の空気 ), unlike 場 (じょう ) which only works as a suffix like in 運動場 .
Word family· 161 entrance on stage; appearance in a work · appearance on the scene; arrival; emergence
venue; meeting place; hall
market; financial or commercial market; exchange · street market; marketplace
factory; plant; mill; workshop
theatre; playhouse
Show 25 more Show fewer participation in a competition; entry; competing · appearance on stage or television; performing appearance · exit from a venue or station; leaving through an exit · dispatch of an emergency vehicle; responding to an emergency
entrance; admission; entry
battlefield; battleground
stock-exchange listing; going public; listing shares · staging; performance; presentation
attendance; coming to a venue
livestock farm; ranch; station · pasture; meadow; grazing land
farm
baseball stadium; ballpark
leaving a venue; exit; walkout · exit from the stage; leaving the stage
dojo; martial arts training hall · manda; Buddhist practice place
opening of doors; admission start · inauguration; opening ceremony
airfield; airport; aerodrome
bathhouse; public bath · bathroom
visit; presence; attendance
temporary closure; suspension of operations · absence; sitting out · absence from a sumo bout or tournament · stock exchange holiday; market closure
outside the venue; off the premises; off-track
bicycle parking area; bike parking lot
absence; non-participation; withdrawal
inside the venue; on the premises; in-house
ceremonial hall; place of ceremony
sacred ground; holy site
assembly hall; chamber; the House
fishing grounds; fishing zone
ancient battlefield
funeral hall; funeral home · ceremony site; ritual site
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Etymology The kanji 場 originally means 'place' or 'location'. The reading じょう is the on'yomi, commonly used in compound words.
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