Japanese

Alternative forms

• 火燵

Noun

炬燵 ‎(hiragana こたつ, katakana コタツ, romaji kotatsu)

1. a charcoal brazier in a floor well
2. a kotatsu (knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3