まな板いた

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

cutting board; chopping board

Standard kitchen tool for cutting food; also used metaphorically for a flat surface or a person being criticized.

野や菜さいをまな板いたの上うえで切きる。
I cut vegetables on the cutting board.
彼かれは会かい議ぎでまな板いたの上うえの鯉こいだった。

He was like a carp on a cutting board at the meeting (i.e., at someone's mercy).

2

noun

flat chest; tiny breasts

slangvulgar expression or word

Slang, often vulgar; compares a woman's flat chest to a cutting board. Used humorously or derogatorily.

彼かの女じょはまな板いたってよく言いわれるけど、気きにしてないみたい。
She's often called flat-chested, but she doesn't seem to mind.

Written forms

まな板いたUsage77%
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
俎板まないたUsage9%
Rare kanji spelling; 俎 is not a jōyō kanji.
俎まないたUsage6%
Single-kanji abbreviation; very rare and mainly seen in classical contexts.
まないたUsage6%
マナイタUsage2%
真ま魚な板いたUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Historical spelling; literally 'true fish board', rarely used in modern Japanese.
爼まないた
rarely-used kanji form
Variant kanji form; extremely rare.

Kanji

板plank, board, plate
俎altar of sacrifice, chopping board
真true, reality, Buddhist sect
魚

Similar words

まな板いたの上うえの鯉こい
Idiom meaning 'a carp on a cutting board', i.e., being at someone's mercy; uses the literal sense of まな板.

Etymology

Compound of 真魚 (mana, 'edible fish') + 板 (ita, 'board'). The historical spelling 真魚板 reflects this origin. The exact derivation of mana is uncertain, but it is an old word for fish used as food.

fish

爼altar of sacrifice, chopping board