Meanings
nounkotatsu (plural kotatsu or kotatsus)
plural kotatsus
- A knee-high table with a heater inside which is used with a coverlet during winter.
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.
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
Origin
- Japanese炬燵
- Englishkotatsu
From Japanese 炬燵 (kotatsu).
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 暖桌, 被爐 /被炉
- 暖桌 (nuǎnzhuō)a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
- 被爐 /被炉 (bèilú)a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
Indonesian kotatsu
- kotatsua knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
Japanese 炬燵
- 炬燵 (kotatsu)a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
Korean 코타츠
- 코타츠 (kotacheu)a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
Russian кота́цу
- кота́цу (kotácu)a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer
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Cite this entry
APA
kotatsu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kotatsu
MLA
“kotatsu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kotatsu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kotatsu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kotatsu.
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