竈くど

noun

smokehole on a traditional hearth

Refers to the opening or flue above a traditional Japanese cooking hearth (kamado) that lets smoke escape. Often part of a fixed earthen stove. The term is regional and somewhat old-fashioned; in modern contexts, 煙突 (chimney) or 換気口 (vent) are more common.

• 昔むかしの家いえでは、竈くどの上うえに竈く突どがあって煙けむりを外そとに出だしていた。

  In old houses, there was a smokehole above the hearth to let the smoke out.

noun

traditional cooking hearth; kitchen furnace

Used in the Kyoto area to refer to the earthen cooking stove itself, not just the smokehole. This is a dialectal usage (Kyoto-ben). In standard Japanese, 竈 (かまど) is the common word for such a hearth.

• 京きょう都との祖そ母ぼの家いえには、まだ古ふるい竈くどが残のこっている。

  At my grandmother's house in Kyoto, there is still an old traditional hearth.