Illustration: In a carefully maintained Japanese tatami room, a shallow recessed alcove has a raised wooden floor and a distinctive timber post along one side. A hanging ink painting of a single branch occupies its rear wall, with a modest flower arrangement placed below and to one side.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

床とこの間ま

tokonoma

alcove for displaying art or flowers

Example sentences

  1. かつては床とこの間まのない家いえはほとんど考かんがえられなかった。

    In the past, houses without tokonoma were almost unimaginable.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 床とこの間まのある部屋へやにおいては、床とこの間側まがわを上座かみざとし、その部屋へやの中心ちゅうしんとなる。

    In a room having a tokonoma, the side close to tokonoma is regarded as Kamiza, and it is regarded as the center of the room.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 床とこの間まに座すわったまま往生おうじょうを遂とげたと伝つたえられる。

    It is said that he died while seated in the tokonoma alcove.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 床間

  • 床bed; counter for bedsOnショウKunとこ・ゆか
  • 間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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