Japanese symbol for “case”
場合
ばあい
Romaji: baai
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
In Japanese, case is 場合, read ばあい (baai).
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Meanings
- n case; occasion; situation; circumstances
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “case”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 事件 | じけん jiken | event; affair; incident |
| 日 | ひ hi | case (esp. unfortunate); event |
| 際 | さい sai | occasion; time; circumstances |
| 例 | れい rei | example; instance; illustration |
| 箱 | はこ hako | box; case; chest |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 場所 | ばしょ basho | place; location; spot |
| 登場 | とうじょう toujou | entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.) |
| 現場 | げんば genba | actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.) |
| 市場 | いちば ichiba | (town) market; (street) market; marketplace |
| 試合 | しあい shiai | match; game; bout |
| 総合 | そうごう sougou | synthesis; combination; integration |
| 合う | あう au | to come together; to merge; to unite |
| 連合 | れんごう rengou | union; combination; alliance |
See also: Chinese symbol for “case”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.