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こたつ (kotatsu)

table with heater, (orig) charcoal brazier in a floor well

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Meaning

火燵 (こたつ, kotatsu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “table with heater, (orig) charcoal brazier in a floor well”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 10

寒さむいのでこたつを出だしました。

We got out the kotatsu because it was cold.

四歳の時、『時雨の炬燵』の倅勘太郎で初舞台。

He made a debut at the age of four, playing a role of Segare Kantaro (a son named Kantaro) in the drama "Shigure no Kotatsu" (The coverlet drenched with tears).

また喫煙や煮炊きも許され、炬燵も設置されていた。

Also, smoking and cooking were permitted and even kotatsu (table with heater) was installed.

養生法が変わっていて、冬に炬燵の片側を開けさせていた。

Masamune took an unique way to maintain his health, by opening up one side of kotatsu (covered table with heat source beneath) to the air.

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