Etymology

robata

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Japanese 炉端
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from炉端
  2. English todayrobata

From Japanese 炉端 (robata, literally “side of irori”), from 炉 (ro, “irori”) + はた (hata, “side”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.