Location, Spot
Noun
ばしょ
いつもは教室にあつまりますが、明日は場所がちがうので、まちがえないでくださいね。
Usually we gather in the classroom, but the location is different tomorrow, so make sure you don’t go to the wrong place.
自分がたたかうべき場所をきちんと知っておくべきだ。
You should know your own battlefield.
この場所は私が初めてローズに会った場所です。でも、あの日どうして靴を脱いだのかは思い出せません。
This is the place where I first met Rose. But, I forget why I took my shoes off that day.
A location place is either a place or a location, just like the kanji it's made from.
This word uses the kun'yomi reading for the first kanji and the on'yomi reading for the second. You haven't learned this reading for 場 yet, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
What is this place you're in? You look around and listen. You hear, "Baa (ば) baa baa!" You must be in a baa place! (It's a place full of sheep.)