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炉棚 (ろだな, rodana) Japanese meaning: mantelpiece | Kotomora

炉ろ棚だな

Meanings

1

mantelpiece; mantel

Refers to the shelf above a fireplace. A straightforward noun with no special usage notes.

炉ろ棚だなの上うえに写しゃ真しんを飾かざった。
I displayed a photo on the mantelpiece.

Kanji

炉hearth, furnace, kiln
棚shelf, ledge, rack

Built from

炉ろ+棚たな

Etymology

Compound of 炉 (ro, 'hearth, fireplace') and 棚 (tana, 'shelf'). The reading ろだな is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 炉 and the kun'yomi of 棚.