1.
board, plank
A flat piece of wood or other material.
木の板を切る。
To cut a wooden board.
板の間に座る。
To sit on the wooden floor.
板の間 = wooden floor
板挟みになる。
To be caught between two sides.
Idiom
2.
plate, sheet
A flat piece of metal or other material.
鉄の板を曲げる。
To bend an iron plate.
薄い金属の板で作られている。
It is made from a thin metal sheet.
銅の板に文字が刻まれていた。
Letters were engraved on a copper plate.
板 refers to flat pieces of material.
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 看板: signboard
- 黒板: blackboard
- まな{板}: cutting board
- 板の間: wooden floor
- 板チョコ: chocolate bar
IDIOMS:
- 板挟み: caught between two parties
- 板に付く: to become skilled at