Illustration: In a winter living room, two family members sit on floor cushions with their legs beneath the thick quilt of a low kotatsu. The tabletop rests over the quilt and holds a plate of mandarins.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

こたつ

kotatsu

heated table with a quilt

Example sentences

  1. こたつで寝ねちゃったら風邪引かぜひくのはあたりまえ。自己管理じこ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.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ある日ひ、私わたしが戻もどってくると、女房にょうぼうと、友人ゆうじんの某ぼうとが、炬燵こたつの中なかに入はいっているのである。

    One day, I came back and my wife and one of my friends were inside the kotatsu.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. こたつで温ぬくもる

    to get warmed with a kotatsu

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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