How to say "stove" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers the cooking sense of 'stove': the kitchen range or cooker you prepare food on. When English 'stove' means the kitchen appliance, this is the word you want; it is not a room heater.
- 窯かまnounReally a kiln or furnace — an enclosed structure for firing pottery or other high-temperature heating. Its 'stove' gloss is marginal; it is not the word for a kitchen range or a room heater.
- nounCovers the heating sense of 'stove': an appliance for warming a room. If English 'stove' means a heater rather than something you cook on, this is the word you want.
- 暖炉だんろnounReally a fireplace or hearth — a built-in place for an open fire. Its 'stove' gloss covers only the fireplace-type heating sense; it is not the word for a kitchen range or a room heater.
Use 「レンジ」 for the kitchen cooking range, 「ストーブ」 for an appliance that heats a room, and treat 窯 and 暖炉 as kiln/furnace and fireplace words whose 'stove' glosses are marginal.
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