Home › Words › R › robatarobatarobata means A charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.EtymologyFrom Japanese 炉端 (robata, literally “side of irori”), from 炉 (ro, “irori”) + はた (hata, “side”).nounA charcoal grill used to prepare Japanese food for customers seated around the cooking area.e.g.“Flames periodically shoot upwards from the robata grill in the open kitchen.” — 2023 September 23, John Thornill, “Let’s break the Silicon Valley monopoly”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:A restaurant featuring such a grill.This style of cooking.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).