flat board; slab; plane table
Refers to a flat, board-like object; also used in surveying for a plane table.
I placed a flat board on the workbench and spread out the blueprint.
monotonous; dull; flat; boring
Describes something lacking variation, excitement, or depth; often used for speech, writing, or personality.
His lecture was monotonous, and the audience was bored.
You can't capture readers' hearts with dull writing.
accentless pitch; even pitch pattern
Linguistics term; abbreviation of 平板型. Refers to the Japanese pitch accent pattern where the pitch stays high without a drop.
See also: 平板型
"Sakura" is pronounced with an accentless pitch pattern.
pitch accent leveling; loss of pitch accent
flat pattern; accentless pitch pattern
plane-table surveying
Compound of 平 (flat) and 板 (board). The figurative sense of 'monotonous' derives from the idea of flatness lacking variation. The linguistics sense is an abbreviation of 平板型.