ちゃぶ台だい

noun

low dining table; tea table

A short-legged table used while sitting on the floor, traditionally for meals. Often associated with family dining and the phrase ちゃぶ台返し (flipping the table in anger).

• 祖そ母ぼの家いえには今いまでもちゃぶ台だいがある。

  My grandmother's house still has a low dining table.

• ちゃぶ台だいを囲かこんで家か族ぞくで食しょく事じをした。

  We ate together as a family around the low table.