Illustration: Inside a small Japanese recital hall, an adult in beach shorts, flip-flops, and a snorkeling mask has just entered between rows of neatly dressed listeners. A large inflatable swim ring is caught against the narrow aisle seats.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

場ば違ちがい

bachigai

out of place, inappropriate

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの批判ひはんは場違ばちがいであった。

    His criticisms were out of place.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. どうもここは私わたしには場違ばちがいな気きがする。

    I feel that I don’t really belong here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ああいう洗練せんれんされた人々ひとびとの中なかで、自分じぶんはまったく場違ばちがいな気きがした。

    I felt utterly out of place among those sophisticated people.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 場違

  • 場location; placeOnジョウ・チョウKunば
  • 違difference; differOnイKunちがう・ちがい・ちがえる

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store