something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
rice field on flat land; unterraced paddy
level ground; plain; flatland
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
bungalow; one-story house
earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
single-storied house; single-storied building
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
please (e.g. forgive me); I beg of you; kindly; humbly
casserole; earthenware pan; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern
Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)
plain text; unciphered text
seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet
blow with the flat of a sword; slap; smack; metal flattened by striking; tape; flat braid
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
Yomotsu Hirasaka (slope that leads to the land of the dead)
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
yellowtail amberjack (species of fish, Seriola lalandi)
flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop); starting field not containing any 20-point cards
flat-bottomed boat; flatboat; barge; scow
plain fabrics; plain weave
representation in hiragana; hiragana notation
side stitch (bookbinding); side-wire stitch; flat stitch
rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
low-ranking samurai; common samurai
milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
castle on a hill in the plains; flatland-mountain castle
free range farming (poultry, etc.); floor feeding
flat noodles; ribbon pasta (fettuccine, etc.)
light-coloured ceramic cooking pan with a lid and short spout; aluminum saucepan with a handle (usu. wooden) and often with snowflake-style embossed pattern (aluminium)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
hiramaki-e; lacquer decoration technique where metallic powder is sprinkled on a flat design and sealed with a thin layer of lacquer
oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
rank-and-file party member
hirajōshi scale (for koto, shamisen, etc.)
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters
ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)
Hirami lemon (Citrus depressa)
flat earthenware dish (used for divination)
Japanese traditional architectural structure, where the building has its main entrance on the side which runs parallel to the roof's ridge
coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association
non-executive director; nonmanagerial director
sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.
hakama fabric made from meisen silk
flatworm; flat worm; flat bark beetle
planing (of a surface); facing; milling
kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)
horizontal stone hand mill
eave-end roof tile (comprising a broadly concave tile and near-rectangular decorative cap)
angel wing mushroom (Pleurocybella porrigens)
blackfin sea bass (Lateolabrax latus)
blue trevally (Carangoides ferdau); banded trevally; barred trevally; Ferdau's trevally; Forskaal's jackfish
Ptilophora subcostata (species of red alga)
Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm
great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Trichoplax adhaerens (species of placozoan)
swimming crab (Ovalipes punctatus); sand crab
dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus)
earnestly; intently; determinedly; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
Hirabayashi Station (Osaka)
Hirano Station (Osaka Municipal Subway)