おこた

noun

kotatsu (polite)

Polite, often feminine word for a kotatsu. Used mainly in spoken language or casual writing to refer to the heated table with a quilt.

See also: 炬燵 (こたつ)

• 寒さむいから、おこたに入はいりましょう。

  It's cold, so let's get under the kotatsu.

• おばあちゃんがおこたでみかんを食たべている。

  Grandma is eating a mandarin orange at the kotatsu.