kotatsu

English

Etymology

From Japanese 炬燵 (kotatsu).

Noun

kotatsu (plural kotatsu or kotatsus)

  1. A knee-high table with a heater inside which is used with a coverlet during winter.
    • 2012 summer, Ed Wright, “Fiction: An end to hope”, in Julianne Schultz, editor, The Novella Project (GriffithREVIEW; 38), Melbourne, Vic.: Text Publishing, →ISBN, section 1, pages 149–150:
      I dreamed my way through cold winters with my family at the kotatsu, with my friends at their kotatsus, huddled under my futon alone in the cold nights.

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 炬燵(こたつ) (kotatsu).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /koˈtatsu/ [koˈt̪at̪̚.su]
  • Rhymes: -atsu
  • Syllabification: ko‧tat‧su

Noun

kotatsu (plural kotatsu-kotatsu)

  1. kotatsu

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kotatsu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こたつ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コタツ