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robata.

A charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.

    countable
  2. A restaurant featuring such a grill.

    countable
  3. This style of cooking.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Japanese 炉端 (robata, literally “side of irori”), from 炉 (ro, “irori”) + はた (hata, “side”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.