1A low, often round dining table (chabudai) used while sitting on the floor — a traditional Japanese low table.
子供の頃は家族でちゃぶ台を囲んで晩ご飯を食べた。
When I was a child, my family ate dinner around the chabudai.
古い映画で父親が怒ってちゃぶ台をひっくり返す場面をよく見る。
In old movies you often see a scene where the father gets angry and flips the chabudai.
冬は炬燵を置いて、普段はちゃぶ台として使っている。
In winter we put a kotatsu there, and normally use it as a chabudai.