こたつ (kotatsu)

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

  • JLPT N1
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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 11

さむいのでこたつを しました。

We got out the kotatsu because it was cold.

自己じこ 管理かんりがなっていない。

Of course you'll catch a cold if you fall asleep under the kotatsu. You have to learn to take care of yourself.

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).

こたつで ちゃったら 風邪かぜ くのはあたりまえ。