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► 接続助詞
  [ば]    meaning:  if  rank: 1
☆ あなたがければはそうしたい ⇨ If you’re OK with it, I want to do so
☆ そうしたければそうすればい ⇨ If you want to do so, then do so
☆ どうすればいいのかからない ⇨ I don’t know what I should do
☆ もし可能ならばそうしたい ⇨ I’d like to do so if possible
☆ やってみなければからない ⇨ You’ll never know unless you try
☆ 努力ければきっと成功する ⇨ You’ll succeed if you keep working hard
☆ 彼女一言えば天才だ ⇨ If I put her in one word, it’s “genius”

  [ば]    meaning:  then  rank: 1
☆ このボタンせばく ⇨ Push this button and then the lid opens
☆ 今考えてみれば随分馬鹿らしい ⇨ I think about it now and then it feels pretty stupid

  [ば]    meaning:  when  rank: 1
☆ 今思えばめておくべきだった ⇨ On looking back I shouldn’t have done it
☆ 明日になれば彼女はまたわる ⇨ When tomorrow comes she will change her mind

  [ば]  [~ば~も]  [liter]    meaning:  or  rank: 2
☆ コロナ症状いこともあればぬこともある ⇨ With COVID you could have symptom or you could die
☆ 好きもいればいなもいる ⇨ People love or hate tattoos

► 名詞
  [ば]    meaning:  atmosphere  rank: 2
☆ はいつも場をけさせるようなことを言う ⇨ He always says things that makes everybody uncomfortable, annoyed
☆ は場を盛り上げるのがい ⇨ He is good at making the atmosphere better for everybody

  [ば]    meaning:  occasion  rank: 2
☆ その場では反対しなかった ⇨ Nobody objected then and there
☆ とかその場をめようとした ⇨ He tried to calm everybody down, stabilize the situation
☆ 話合いの場をけよう ⇨ Let’s set up an occasion for discussion

  [ば]    meaning:  situation  rank: 2
☆ 場をわきまえない言動 ⇨ Comments and behavior inappropriate for the situation


More examples:
  • 日本では顎髭ばすない ⇨ Fewer people grow beard in Japan
  • 明日までに書類提出しなければならない ⇨ I have to submit the documents by tomorrow
  • 相手まれ、じたばたもがいたがれることが出来なかった ⇨ He was pinned to the floor by his opponent. He struggled desperately but wasn’t able to escape
  • 彼女一言謝ればいいものを、意地張ってそうしない ⇨ He just has to tell her he is sorry, but he is stubborn and won’t do it
  • この田んぼばかりだ ⇨ It’s all rice fields around here
  • 反撃するも一歩及ばず ⇨ They fought back but fell short by one step, it was quite not enough
  • もしねば子供達かるのなら本望だ ⇨ If all the children will be saved if I die, then that is my real wish, I will be more than happy to
  • 金儲けのことばっかりの ⇨ Someone low who only thinks about money making
  • どうすればよいのか具体的御教示してけますか? ⇨ Could you specifically tell me what I should do?
  • それがさ、なんだってばさ ⇨ About that, there is something weird about it
  • 相手殴り飛ばした ⇨ He punched the other guy and sent him flying
  • 英語圏人間世界中英語事足りるため外国語ばない ⇨ Native English speakers won’t learn foreign languages since English will do all over the world
  • 抗議集会くためにばした ⇨ He made an impassioned call for a protest rally
  • このウェブサイトには立つ情報散りばめられている ⇨ This website is sprinkled with, chock full of, useful information
  • レース最初からばしている ⇨ He is going fast, keeping his pace up, from the beginning of the race