Place

"Place" in Japanese

仕事

shigoto

(role or purpose, station)

位置

ichi

(location, position)

位置

ichi

(role or purpose, station)

余地

yochi

(location, position)

地位

chii

(role or purpose, station)

地方

chihō

(any area of the earth)

ba

(open space, courtyard, market square)

場所

basho

(location, position)

場所

basho

(any area of the earth)

境遇

kyōgū

(role or purpose, station)

ie

(house or home)

uchi

(house or home)

居場所

ibasho

(role or purpose, station)

市場

ichiba

(open space, courtyard, market square)

seki

(area one occupies, particularly for sitting)

広場

hiroba

(open space, courtyard, market square)

役割

yakuwari

(role or purpose, station)

役目

yakume

(role or purpose, station)

役職

yakushoku

(role or purpose, station)

感覚

kankaku

(frame of mind)

tokoro

(location, position)

to

(location, position)

keta

(numeric: the column counting a certain quantity)

環境

kankyō

(role or purpose, station)

空間

kūkan

(location, position)

立場

tachiba

(role or purpose, station)

shoku

(role or purpose, station)

身分

mibun

(role or purpose, station)

つく

tsuku

(passive: to rank at (a certain position))

なる

naru

(passive: to rank at (a certain position))

付ける

tsukeru

(to put in a specific location)

任命する

ninmei suru

(to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)

入れる

ireru

(to put in a specific location)

入賞する

nyūshō suru

(to earn a given spot in a competition)

割り当てる

wariateru

(to put in a specific location)

収める

osameru

(to put in a specific location)

定まる

sadamaru

(passive: to rank at (a certain position))

定める

sadameru

(to put in a specific location)

就職させる

shūshoku saseru

(to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)

思い当たる

omoi-ataru

(to remember where and when something or someone was previously encountered)

決まる

kimaru

(passive: to rank at (a certain position))

置く

oku

(to put in a specific location)

置く

oku

(to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)

職を与える

shoku wo ataeru

(to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)

賭ける

kakeru

(to arrange for, make (a bet))

配置する

haichi suru

(to put in a specific location)

配置する

haichi suru

(to recruit or match an appropriate person for a job)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.