テーブル

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. テーブルに料理を並べた。▶ —
   I set the dishes on the table.
2. カフェのテーブルが空いた。▶ —
   A cafe table opened up.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Teburu (テーブル) is "table" — an A entry combining a cross-cultural loanword with a Japan-unique semantic split. Imported from English "table" in the Meiji 1880s. Japans uniquely developed cluster: (1) dainingu teburu (4-6 person dining table for Western-style youshitsu); (2) roo teburu (low table about 40 cm, paired with washitsu and zabuton, synonym chabu-dai surviving as classical small square eat-on-the-floor table); (3) teburu manaa (table manners imported from Western dining after 1880 with Japanese precision, wedding-course knife-fork-spoon-napkin-glass set rules); (4) teburu settingu (table setting); (5) kafe teburu. Furniture-and-dining cluster: tsukue, teburu, desuku, chabu-dai, zataku. Korean "table" stays as the English loan; Japans precise split is more developed; Chinese zhuo-zi is generic. JLPT N5 plus a Japanese loanword furniture cultural artifact.

Quick check

1. Roo teburu = chabu-dai?

   • Roo teburu = chabu-dai, about 40 cm, paired with washitsu and zabuton — uniquely Japanese traditional dining distinct from Western
   • Same Western dining
   • Chair-centric
   • For kids