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炉床 (ろしょう, roshou) Japanese meaning: hearth | Kotomora

炉ろ床しょう

Meanings

1

hearth; fireplace floor

Refers to the floor or base of a fireplace, furnace, or similar structure where the fire is built.

暖だん炉ろの炉ろ床しょうに薪まきを並ならべる。
Arrange the firewood on the hearth of the fireplace.

Kanji

炉hearth, furnace, kiln
床bed, counter for beds, floor

Related words

暖だん炉ろ
暖炉 is the whole fireplace, while 炉床 specifically refers to the floor or base of the fireplace.
囲い炉ろ裏り
囲炉裏 is a traditional Japanese sunken hearth, often found in old houses; 炉床 can refer to the floor of such a hearth as well.

Etymology

Compound of 炉 (ro, 'furnace, hearth') and 床 (shō, 'floor, bed'). The reading しょう for 床 is the kan'on reading, used in technical compounds.