現場

げんば

actual spot, job site

Mnemonic

The place the thing actually happened rather than the report written about it afterwards. The gen げん is all in that bar ば, and you cannot go in: げんば.

Worth knowing

The word for a site, a scene or the shop floor, and 現場の人 is somebody who does the actual work.

Built from

現

appear, present

王 jewel + 見 see

場

place, ground

土 earth + 昜 sun rising

Words sharing these kanji

現れる to appear, to emerge 現実 reality, actuality 現在 present time, now 現状 present condition 場所 place, location 場合 situation, case 場 opportunity, occasion 立場 standpoint, position

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