ストーブ

ストーブ comes from English "stove" but in Japanese refers specifically to a space heater, not a cooking appliance.

Watch out

In English, "stove" usually means a cooking appliance. In Japanese, cooking stoves are called コンロ or レンジ. ストーブ is only for room heating.

Types

• 石油(せきゆ)ストーブ: kerosene heater (common in rural Japan)
• 電気(でんき)ストーブ: electric heater
• ガスストーブ: gas heater
• 薪(まき)ストーブ: wood-burning stove

Common patterns

• ストーブをつける: to turn on the heater
• ストーブを消(け)す: to turn off the heater
• ストーブの前(まえ)で暖(あたた)まる: to warm up in front of the heater

Related words

• エアコン: air conditioner (can also heat)
• こたつ: heated table (traditional Japanese)
• 暖房(だんぼう): heating (general term for heating systems)