Illustration: In the Japanese-style room of an ordinary family home, a tatami installer lowers a fresh rectangular mat into the last open space in the floor. Its woven rush surface, long fabric-bound edges, and thick layered side are clearly visible above the shallow recess.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

畳たたみ

tatami

tatami mat

Example sentences

  1. もう畳たたみの上うえに座すわるのには慣なれました。

    I am already accustomed to sitting on tatami.

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  2. 畳たたみに座すわっていたので足あしが痛いたい。

    My legs ache from sitting on tatami.

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  3. １０人用にんようの畳たたみの部屋へやはありますか。

    Do you have a tatami room for ten people?

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Kanji in 畳

  • 畳tatami mat; counter for tatami matsOnジョウ・チョウKunたたむ・たたみ・かさなる

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