板場(いたば)

いたば
noun
kitchen (in a Japanese restaurant); chef
buildingoccupation
1. kitchen (in a Japanese-style restaurant)
The kitchen area of a traditional Japanese restaurant where food is prepared. Named after the wooden boards (板(いた)) used in the workspace.
板場(いたば)で魚(さかな)をさばく。
To fillet fish in the kitchen.
板場(いたば)は忙(いそが)しい時間帯(じかんたい)に入(はい)ってはいけない。
You must not enter the kitchen during busy hours.
彼(かれ)は若(わか)くして板場(いたば)を任(まか)されている。
Despite his youth, he has been entrusted with the kitchen.
修業(しゅぎょう)時代(じだい)は板場(いたば)の下働(したばたら)きから始(はじ)めた。
During his apprenticeship, he started from the bottom in the kitchen.
2. chef, cook (in a Japanese restaurant)
By extension, refers to the person who works in the kitchen — the chef or cook of a Japanese restaurant.
この店(みせ)の板場(いたば)は二十年(にじゅうねん)の経験(けいけん)を持(も)つベテランだ。
The chef at this restaurant is a veteran with twenty years of experience.
彼(かれ)は若(わか)くして板場(いたば)を任(まか)されている。
Despite his youth, he has been entrusted with the kitchen.
あの料亭(りょうてい)の板場(いたば)さんは腕(うで)がいい。
The chef at that traditional restaurant is very skilled.

Specifically associated with traditional Japanese cuisine (和食(わしょく)) and Japanese-style restaurants. Not used for Western-style kitchens.

Common collocations

  • 板場(いたば)に立(た)つ: to stand in the kitchen (i.e., to work as a chef)
  • 板場(いたば)を任(まか)される: to be entrusted with the kitchen
  • 板場(いたば)さん: the chef (colloquial, respectful)

Similar words

Related Words

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Compare: 料理人(りょうりにん) (cook, chef)
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Added 2026.3.27 14:35 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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