銀ぎん盤ばん

noun

skating rink; ice surface

Literary or poetic term for an ice rink or the surface of ice, often used in sports commentary or elegant writing.

• 選せん手しゅたちは銀ぎん盤ばんの上うえで華か麗れいな演えん技ぎを見みせた。

  The athletes performed a brilliant routine on the ice.

• 銀ぎん盤ばんに立たつ夢ゆめを追おいかけて、毎まい日にち練れん習しゅうに励はげんでいる。

  Chasing the dream of standing on the ice, I practice hard every day.

noun

silver plate; silver platter

Refers to a plate or dish made of silver, or a silver-plated object. Can be used literally or in figurative contexts like 'on a silver platter'.

• その銀ぎん盤ばんには美うつくしい彫ちょう刻こくが施ほどこされていた。

  The silver plate was beautifully engraved.

• 彼かれは成せい功こうを銀ぎん盤ばんに載のせて与あたえられたわけではない。

  He wasn't handed success on a silver platter.