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鉄板 (てっぱん, teppan) Japanese meaning: iron plate | Kotomora
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Grill meat on an iron plate.
Cut steel plates at the factory.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 鉄てっ 板ぱん で 焼や く to grill/cook something on an iron plate
I grilled meat and vegetables on the iron plate.
〈 事こと 〉 は 鉄てっ 板ぱん だ used to say something is a sure thing / guaranteed to work
This joke always gets laughs, it's a sure thing.
鉄てっ 板ぱん を 敷し く to lay down an iron/steel plate (e.g. at a construction site)
They laid down steel plates at the construction site to protect the road.
鉄てっ 板ぱん の 〈 物もの 〉 a guaranteed-to-succeed thing/combination
Curry and rice is a foolproof combination.
Related words 確実 is a formal adjective meaning 'certain/reliable', while 鉄板 is a casual noun used for something guaranteed to succeed.
定番 describes a standard, tried-and-true choice (like a classic item), while 鉄板 emphasizes that something is a guaranteed success or hit.
Don't confuse with 天板 refers to a flat baking sheet or tabletop, while 鉄板 specifically means an iron/steel plate, often for cooking teppanyaki.
鉄板 refers to a plate made of iron, while 鋼板 specifically denotes a plate made of steel (an iron-carbon alloy), so the two are easily confused despite the material difference.
鉄片 (small iron scraps) and 鉄板 (a flat iron plate/sheet) share the first kanji and both relate to iron but describe very different shapes and sizes of metal.
Word family teppanyaki; dishes cooked on a hot steel plate
galvanized sheet iron; galvanized sheet metal
surefire joke; no-fail joke
Written forms 鉄てっ 板ぱん Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for both literal and colloquial senses.
テッパン
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common for the colloquial 'sure thing' sense, especially in entertainment contexts.
Etymology Compound of 鉄 (iron) and 板 (plate). The colloquial sense 'sure thing' likely derives from the idea of something being as solid and reliable as an iron plate.
