kitchen

Japanese: kitchen
kitchen

…In Japan, it was after the 1960s that the style of kitchen with no dirt floor, a sink, a gas stove, a cupboard, etc., began to spread widely in urban and rural homes. [Okawa Naomune]
[Dining Kitchen]
The English word for kitchen is "kitchen," which also comes from the medieval Latin word "coquina," meaning cooking or kitchen, in German and French. When public housing began in Japan in 1955, kitchens were labeled "K" and wooden-paneled rooms with cooking facilities were labeled "DK" (dining kitchen), with the 2DK floor plan consisting of two rooms and a DK becoming the standard.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "kitchen" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本の都市および農村の住宅で,土間がなく全部に床板を張り,水道,流し台,ガス台,食器棚などを備えた台所形式が広く普及し始めるのは1960年代以降。【大河 直躬】
[ダイニングキッチン]
 台所に相当する英語はキッチンkitchenで,ドイツ語キュッヘKüche,フランス語キュイジーヌcuisineなども含め語源は中世ラテン語で料理,台所を意味するcoquinaである。日本では1955年に公団住宅が生まれた際に,台所をK,板張りの部屋に炊事の設備のついたものをDK(ダイニングキッチン)と表示し,2部屋とDKを間取りとする2DKがひとつの基準とされた。…

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