場ば当あたり

noun

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; cheap theatrics

Describes behavior or speech aimed at getting a reaction from an audience, often with a negative connotation of being shallow or insincere. Used as a noun or with な/の to modify nouns.

• 彼かれの演えん説ぜつは場ば当あたりで、中なか身みがなかった。

  His speech was just playing to the gallery and lacked substance.

• あの政せい治じ家かはいつも場ば当あたりな発はつ言げんばかりする。

  That politician always makes grandstanding remarks.

na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

ad hoc; haphazard; improvised

Used for actions or decisions made on the spot without planning, often with a negative nuance of being careless or inconsistent. Functions as a な-adjective or の-adjective.

• 場ば当あたりな対たい応おうでは、問もん題だいは解かい決けつしない。

  An ad hoc response won't solve the problem.

• 彼かれの仕し事ごとはいつも場ば当あたりで、計けい画かく性せいがない。

  His work is always haphazard and lacks planning.

noun

dress rehearsal (abbreviation)

Abbreviation of 場当たり稽古 (ばあたりげいこ), a theater term for a run-through on the actual stage. Rarely used outside theater contexts.

See also: 場当たり稽古

• 明日あしたは場ば当あたりがあるので、早はやめに劇げき場じょうに集しゅう合ごうしてください。

  We have a dress rehearsal tomorrow, so please gather at the theater early.