Keyword
plank
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig781
Readings
ばん
(40%)
いた
(36%)
ぱん
(14%)
はん
(8%)
Composed of
tree
be against
Mnemonic

You need wood if you want to make a plank. If a tree could speak it would certainly be against you chopping it down and using its wood to make a plank!

Used in vocabulary (400 in total)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
deck (of a ship)
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
breast; chest
chopping board; cutting board
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
boarding; wooden floor
slate; stone slab
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
information board; building directory
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
metal plate; metallic plate
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board
wooden door
(act of) writing on a blackboard
wooden fence; board fence
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
wooden wall
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
wooden board
board, plank or sheet shaped
chocolate bar; bar of chocolate
blackboard eraser
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
fluency; volubility
taking the mound; pitching a game
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
kickboard; flutterboard; float
sheet copper
wooden floor
wooden floor
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
steel sheet; steel plate
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
sheet; thin plate
battledore (early form of badminton racket)
scrap lumber; piece of wood
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
drawing board; drafting board
substrate; (computer) circuit board
sheet metal; metal plate
clay tablet; clay disc
wallboard; wall decoration
indicator; noticeboard
scrap lumber; piece of wood
plate armor; plate armour
platelet; thrombocyte
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
veneer board; plywood; joint publication
laminate; veneer
acrylic plate
reflector board; board reflector; plane reflector; flat; bounce board; reflector (photography)
plank; thick board; plate glass; heavy metal sheet (esp. welding); heavy brocaded obi
boarding; board fence
panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron
backboard; dorsal plate; tergum
kitchen (in a restaurant); cook; chef
plate glass; sheet glass
billboard; large signboard; first-rate influential performer (theatre, film, etc.); leading star; draw
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
flagship product; leading product; hallmark product
(printing) block; woodcut
plank of a bridge; bridge plank
doubanjiang (Chinese broad bean chili paste)
signboard with gold or gilt lettering; slogan; noble cause
leaf spring; plate spring
the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)
wooden paneling
nameplate; plaque
chopping board; cutting board
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
reflector; reflective plate
to close one's business
wooden board; plank
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
(ship or shipbuilding) timber or plank
sign out in front; front (for someone)
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
whiteboard; white board
seam of joined boards; cross grain (of wood); thick card made from several sheets of washi paper
dry plate (photography)
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
stone slab; flagstone
lateral plate; pleuron
shingle roof; house with a shingle roof
ship plank
crosscut plank; rear part of a noh stage
shingle roofing
leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
cedar board
wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
intervertebral disk
fireside board
shingle roofing
movable floor boards; trap door
dashboard; instrument panel; gauge board; instrument board
billboard; (advertising) hoarding
roof boards; ceiling; back board (furniture)
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
drawing board; drafting board
small plank; piece of wood
seat (horizontal part of a chair); floorboard
it's true to its name; it's just like it says on the box
fluency; volubility
printed wiring board; printed circuit board; PCB
louver slat; louvre slat
corrugated sheet; corrugated plate
footboard; gangplank; scaffolding board
bulletin board system; BBS
floorboard; plank
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
(photographic) negative
candied bean slab
there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave
sign (e.g. roadside, in park, etc.)
score board; scoring board
movable floor boards; trap door
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
disk herniation; herniated disk; hernia of intervertebral disk; slipped disk
dashboard; frontlet
hammered-out plates
ceramic tile; ceramic panel; porcelain tile
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
plank used to dry wet clothes or paper
Panmunjon (Korea); Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)
being on stage when the curtain opens; wooden floor; wooden-floored room; thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board
diaphragm (e.g. speaker, microphone); trembler; tympanum
springboard; diving board
salt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board
dry plate (photography)
louver slat; louvre slat
movable floor boards; trap door
movable floor boards; trap door
thin shingles
thin shingles
Internet forum; Internet bulletin board
artwork on wood, canvas, metal sheet, etc.
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
superior chef (Japanese cuisine)
new publication; new book; new edition; reissue; republication
no-fail joke; joke that gets people every time
negative (of a picture)
hammered-out plates
sensitive or sensitized plate (sensitised)
sheet metal worker
blackboard eraser
fingerboard; fretboard; finger plate
fence made from disused ship planks
removable ramps for trucks
sliced veneer; veneer
springboard
board thickness
spring board; vaulting board; takeoff board
blackboard; board used for lacquering
cardboard; paperboard; pasteboard
(electrical circuit) substrate
daguerreotype; daguerrotype
fluorescent screen
sound(ing) board; resonator
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
wet plate (photography)
Reuther springboard
sex show with audience participation
protective plate
alcove slab; wooden board placed in a tokonoma; baseboard; base plate
book printed from woodblocks
signboard; notice board
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building
sheet metal worker
grassroots door-to-door election campaign
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework
piece of stiff fabric worn under an obi to give more shape; batten plate; stay plate
rolling board (for noodles, bread, mochi, etc.); pastry board
teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)
zinc plate; zinc sheet
mameitagin; Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
rotator cuff
placoderms (extinct fishes of class Placodermi)
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
digital signage display; electronic billboard; digital signage system
tatami mat with a wooden plank for a core (used in tokonoma, etc.); wooden floor
thin shingles
panel strip; butt strap; batten; fishplate
chopping board; cutting board
publishing (esp. using woodblock printing)
galvanized sheet iron; galvanised sheet iron; galvanized sheet metal
leaf spring; plate spring
springboard; diving board
tōbanyaki; meat, seafood, etc. roasted on a ceramic plate
salt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board
grassroots door-to-door election campaign
springboard; diving board
board breaking; board splitting
stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side; rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.
it's true to its name; it's just like it says on the box
wooden grave tablet
screening panel (desk, etc.); modesty board
thick card made from several sheets of washi paper
blackboard; board used for lacquering
method of making patterns via pressing cloth between carved boards
halting speech; stammering
corrugated iron sheet
siding (on a house); clapboard; weatherboard
sheeting; sheathing board; cover
board breaking; board splitting
projecting signboard; side signboard; signboard projecting from a building
fiberboard; fibreboard
muscle plate; myotome
veneer (e.g. wood products); single panel (e.g. electronics, optics, automotive); single plate
government publication; Chinese textbook (published by the Edo shogunate)
wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting)
Venetian blind
white dragon tile; shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair
bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse
tailor's cutting board
karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
sheet metal; metal plate
facsimile edition; reprint
leaf spring; plate spring
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
thin shingles
springboard; diving board
salt rubbing; sprinkling salt over a vegetable and rolling it on a cutting board
just-in-time inventory management; JIT
percussion instrument made of small pieces wood strung together
louver slat; louvre slat
old woodblock-printed book from the Muromachi period or earlier
different edition (e.g. of a book)
sliced veneer; veneer
spring board; vaulting board; takeoff board
sex show with audience participation
rolling board (for noodles, bread, mochi, etc.); pastry board
corrugated iron sheet
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
grassroots sales; door-to-door marketing
painted maple (Acer mono)
Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)
rough-cut board; construction lumber; batten; tie beam
Venetian blind
wooden bridge (with planks)
sheeting; sheathing board; cover
ouija board; spirit board; talking board
wooden sewer covers
armor plate; armour plate
veneer board; plywood
laths of wood (trucking)
large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day
bulletin board system; BBS
large wooden boards listing rankings hung, outside tournament venues
physically exceptional wrestler promoted straight to champion rank during Edo period
light guide; light-guiding plate; LGP; light-guiding panel
Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges
Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges
positive plate; anode plate
pole plate; polar plate
even pitch; accentless pitch; Japanese pitch accent pattern with no drop from high to low pitch
corrugated steel (plate); corrugated iron
paiban (clapper made from several flat pieces of wood)
printed circuit board; PC board; PCB
diploic vein; vena diploica
cutting guide board for noodles
cutting guide board for noodles
cutting guide board for noodles
splint; shingle
splint; shingle
splint; shingle
splint; shingle
splint; shingle
placoderms (extinct fishes of class Placodermi)
disc clutch; disk clutch
printed circuit board; PCB
printed wiring board; PWB
tabulate coral (extinct coral of the order Tabulata)
tabulate corals (extinct corals of the order Tabulata)
thick roof shingle (1-3 cm thick, used for shrine buildings and noh stages)
thin cedar or cypress shingles (4.5-6 mm thick, used for shingling roofs of temples, shrines, etc.)
battledore; hagoita
Monoplacophora (polyphyletic class of mollusks)
sake lees in a block
sake lees in a block
sake lees in a block
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Tricoplacia (class of multicellular invertebrates)
Tricoplaciformes; order of multicellular invertebrates
making planks; making boards
stringer; slanted staircase beam; side plate; side panel; side sheet
bargeboard; vergeboard; gableboard
meibomian gland; tarsal gland
layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market)
plank raft; display stand for seafood (Edo period)
Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita; Japanese puzzle similar to tangram
dissection puzzle (tangram, Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita, etc.)
dissection puzzle (tangram, Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita, etc.)
wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki)
wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki)
wooden board used for sounding clappers (kabuki)
doubling plate (carpentry); fishplate (railways); attached board
doubling plate (carpentry); fishplate (railways); attached board
crown plate (armor, building, shipbuilding, etc.)
crown plate (armor, building, shipbuilding, etc.)
rotator interval; rotator cuff interval
thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board
gill plate; branchial plate; gill lamella; branchial lamella
wood wool board; mineral bonded wood wool board; cement excelsior board
top board (of a table, counter, etc.); surface
touchpad (swimming)
cold-rolled steel sheet
pecten; comb plate; comb plate (of an escalator, etc.)
pecten; comb plate; comb plate (of an escalator, etc.)
photo stand-in; face in the hole board; face cutout stand
photo stand-in; face in the hole board; face cutout stand
Examples (44 in total)
The floor is made of boards.
Boards are used to make floors.
Let's set up a sign here.