something broad and flat;  common;  ordinary;  low-ranking employee;  freshman
 weekday;  ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday);  kanji radical 73
 level ground;  plain;  flatland
 palm;  open hand;  playing on equal terms;  lack of handicap
 flat;  even;  level;  plain (speech, etc.);  simple
 bungalow;  one-story house
 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
 rank-and-file member of staff;  ordinary employee;  low-grade employee
 single-storied house;  single-storied building
 stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
 Acheilognathus rhombeus (species of cyprinid)
 Uroctea compactilis (species of araneomorph spider)
 plain text;  unciphered text
 flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae);  bastard halibut;  olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
 blow striking with the flat of the sword;  to slap;  metal flattened by striking;  tape;  flat braid;  type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers
 seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki);  pit;  orchestra;  parquet
 flat;  even;  level;  plain (speech, 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)
 plain fabrics;  plain weave
 representation in hiragana;  hiragana notation
 rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division
 milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific)
 castle on a hill in the plains;  flatland-mountain castle
 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)
 free range farming (poultry, etc.);  floor feeding
 flat noodles;  ribbon pasta (fettuccine, etc.)
 oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
 nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail)
 rank-and-file party member
 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)
 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
 sewing elastic;  flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.
 hakama fabric made from meisen silk
 flatworm;  flat worm;  flat bark beetle
 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)
 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, the largest species of hammerhead shark)
 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)