Kotatsu Culture.

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It's already mid-November.

I prepared a kotatsu last Saturday.

Have you heard of it?


It is very awesome!

I love it.


A kotatsu is a kind of household appliance for warming.

It has a futon, a heat source and a table.

Once if you are caught, you can't escape from it.

Because you feel so warm and happy that you can't move anymore.

That is as if you were in dream.

There must be heaven.


Therefore, I had slept in kotatsu last night.

I couldn't move to my bed.


All you have to do is set a trash box near the kotatu, have remotes, a PC and some drink and foods.

You don't need to do anything else.

After a while, you must notice an important thing.


It's that bathroom can't get to move.



See the link;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotatsu
Nov 14th 2011 14:51 Littlepauldsgo

  • Once if you are caught, you can't escape from it.
  • Once you are caught, you can't escape from it.

 

  • That is as if you were in dream.
  • That is as if you were in a dream.

 
Nov 14th 2011 15:14 Yuuki
Thank you for your corrections.
Nov 14th 2011 23:07 Littlepauldsgo
どう いたしまして
Nov 15th 2011 06:15 Shizukana

  • A kotatsu is a kind of household appliance for warming.
  • A kotatsu is a kind of household appliance used for warmth.

 

  • That is as if you were in dream.
  • It That is as if you were in a dream.

 

  • There must be heaven.
  • It There must be heaven.

 

  • Therefore, I had slept in kotatsu last night.
  • Therefore, I had slept in the kotatsu last night.

 

  • All you have to do is set a trash box near the kotatu, have remotes, a PC and some drink and foods.
  • All you have to do is set a trash box near the kotatu, have remotes, a PC and some drink and foods.Comment: You might be interested in reading -> http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/food & http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food

 

  • After a while, you must notice an important thing.
  • After a while, you must notice (be aware of) an important thing.

 

  • It's that bathroom can't get to move.
  • It's that bathroom you can't get to move to the bathroom.

 
I want a kotatsu for winter! They look so cosy. XD

Have a good day, Yuuki-san!
Nov 15th 2011 10:08 Yuuki
Thank you for your corrections and telling links.

I read it, but it's difficult to understand which word is countable or uncountable.
Probably many Japanese think so, because Japanese doesn't distinguish them as I think you know.
I have to keep trying...

And in the last sentence,
I wanted to say like that I want to also bring the bathroom like other things I wrote but the bathroom can't move.
If I wrote "It's that you can't bring the bathroom near you.", does it make sense? not natural?
Nov 16th 2011 01:12 Shizukana
遅れてごめん。 m(_ _)m

Today was a tiring day at work and I fell asleep soon after logging into Lang-8 - and I had this page open too ... orz

Countable vs Uncountable:

Uncountable means something hard to count, e.g. rice, sugar, salt. You will usually need containers for these, e.g. bowl, box, cup.However, as you can count bowls, boxes and cups etc, you will make uncountable nouns countable once you put them into these countable containers..

Perhaps this link will help you more:

http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson37/Lesson37.htm

Katatsu & Bathroom

After bringing the trash box, remotes, a PC and some drink and food near the kotatsu, the only thing that you are short of is the bathroom, which is unfortunately immovable?

Haha, that is funny!

Let me know if I interpreted you correctly.
Nov 16th 2011 13:00 Yuuki
Don't say sorry.
I always appreciate you helping me.

Thank you for the link, too.
I'll remember them on the page.

And, that's what I wanted to say.
It's so helpful.
Thank you again.
Nov 16th 2011 20:58 Shizukana
You are most welcome, Yuuki-san. Thank you for always being so appreciative and understanding.
Nov 25th 2011 09:52 Anna

  • It is very awesome!
  • It is very pretty awesome!

 

  • Once if you are caught, you can't escape from it.
  • Once you are caught, you can't escape from it because you feel so warm and happy that you can't move anymore.

 

  • Because you feel so warm and happy that you can't move anymore.
  • Because you feel so warm and happy that you can't move anymore.

 
Kotatsu is fine, but NOTHING beats central heating.
Japan doesn't have central heating.
I can see my white breath in the air in my house in Japan.
There is certainly something wrong with that!
:)
Nov 25th 2011 10:25 Yuuki
Thank you for corrections and comment.

I have never heard of central heating.
So, I looked for it on the web.
It seems to be good!

In my room, my breath is white as you said in spite of my half body being in Kotatsu.
But I love Kotastu because it's Japanese culture.
Nov 25th 2011 09:53 Anna

"pretty awesome" sounds more natural than "very awesome"

Actually, I have never heard a native English person say "very awesome" before. A better expression would be "totally awesome" but "pretty awesome" is the most common.
Nov 25th 2011 10:25 Yuuki
Thank you for teaching.
For sure, my English teacher often says "pretty" such as "It's pretty good."
But as for me, "pretty" is given me a image of "cute" or something much stronger than "good" or something.
So, I can't come up it immediately to use it for like "good".
I need to change my image about "pretty".

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