テッパン – Vocabulary details

テッパン

Noun

1. iron plate; steel plate

上うえには網あみと鉄てっ板ぱんが乗のっている。There is a net and an iron plate on top.

2. sure thing; certain winner

お弁べん当とうのお礼れいは、お弁べん当とうで返かえすのが鉄てっ板ぱんだよね。The sure thing for thanking someone for a bento is to return the favor with a bento.

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no-fail joke; joke that gets people every time

teppanyaki; dishes prepared on a hot steel plate (usu. placed in the middle of the table)

person who takes charge of cooking at a group teppanyaki meal; (lit.) griddle magistrate

てっぱんテッパンの組くみ合あわせだな。

That's a can't-miss combination.

上うえには網あみとてっぱんテッパンが乗のっている。

There is a net and an iron plate on top.

お弁べん当とうのお礼れいは、お弁べん当とうで返かえすのがてっぱんテッパンだよね。

The sure thing for thanking someone for a bento is to return the favor with a bento.

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