まな板

Japanese
まな板 (manaita): an amberjack on a cutting board.
Kanji in this term
板
いた
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
俎
俎板
真魚板

Etymology

Compound of 真魚 (mana, “edible fish”) +‎ 板 (ita, “board”).[1][2][3]

The 俎 kanji spelling comes from Chinese 俎 (zǔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

まな板(いた) • (manaita) 

  1. a chopping board, a cutting board
  2. (slang) a girl with a flat chest (compare the English expression flat as a board)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 俎板木(まないたぎ) (manaitagi): a board shaped like a cutting board, attached to the top of a sluice gate and used to raise and lower the gate

Idioms
Idioms
  • 俎(まな)板(いた)に釘打(くぎう)つよう (manaita ni kugi utsu yō): “like pounding nails into a cutting board” → to care about things that don't matter, from the sense that a cutting board is a single piece of wood and does not need nailing
  • まな板(いた)に載(の)せる (manaita ni noseru): “to put on the cutting board” → to make something or someone the topic of conversation, often implying criticism
  • まな板(いた)の鯉(こい) (manaita no koi): “[like] a carp on a cutting board” → done for, one's goose is cooked
  • まな板(いた)の魚(うお) (manaita no uo): “[like] a fish on a cutting board” → done for, one's goose is cooked
  • 俎(まな)板(いた)の上(うえ)に餌(えさ)を拾(ひろ)う鳥(とり) (manaita no ue ni esa o hirō tori): “a bird picking up food from a cutting board” → a metaphor for doing something while being oblivious of the danger
  • 俎(まな)板(いた)を机(つくえ) (manaita o tsukue): “[using] a cutting board as a desk” → to use something for an inappropriate purpose

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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