JLPT N3 · Noun

立場 (tachiba)

立場 (たちば, tachiba) is a Japanese noun meaning “position; situation”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たちば
Romaji: tachiba
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

position; situation · noun
viewpoint; standpoint; point of view · noun

Example sentences

お答えできる立場にありません。

I'm not in a position to answer.

Tatoeba #226792

彼女の立場からその問題をとらえるようにしなさい。

Try to see the problem from her point of view.

Tatoeba #93854

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 立場

立

stand up, rise, set upリツ・リュウ・た.つ・-た.つ · 5 strokes

場

location, placeジョウ・チョウ・ば · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 立場.

立つたつto stand (up)立てるたてるto stand (something) up役に立つやくにたつto be helpful独立どくりつindependence立ち上がるたちあがるto stand up国立こくりつnational献立こんだてmenu私立しりつprivate (establishment)成立せいりつformation対立たいりつconfrontation夕立ゆうだち(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening)目立つめだつto be conspicuous組み立てるくみたてるto assemble立ち止まるたちどまるto stop (in one's tracks)

Source: JMdict entry 1551710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.