Same as with my question about a Kanji I tried to identify on a bad image source, I have a katakana word I need to understand / translate.
The word reads トッツケ, as marked in this image:
I tried to find out what it means, and I am thinking it might be some kind of 'foreroom' a room you go through before entering the actual house? I might be totally wrong though, so I would be very happy about any input.
again, thank you very much in advance!!
取っ付き (or 取り付き) means "starter", "first (step/impression)", "clue" etc.
大辞林 defines 取っ付き like this:
とっつき【取っ付き】
①物事のやり始め。初手。 「－から失敗する」
②初めて会った時に受ける感じ。第一印象。 「－の悪い男だ」
③ある建物・場所などに入る時，一番初めに通る所。一番手前。入り口。「－の部屋」「正門を這入ると，－の大通りの左右に植ゑてある銀杏の並木が眼に付いた／三四郎 漱石」
(FWIW, the third definition seems to be common in middle Japan, but I personally did not know this.)
So at least トッツキの部屋 means "the first/front room", "entrance", etc.
I could find no exact example of 取っ付けの部屋. But I think 取っ付け should mean the same thing, because 付く and 付ける are semantically the same except that the latter is transitive.
