tatami

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  1. noun Straw matting used as a floor covering especially in a Japanese house.

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  • For a long time he contemplated the figure on the tatami, and as he did so his muscles began to lose their relaxedness. —  The Miko
  • The moment the sensei's shoulder touched the tatami, Nicholas broke off. —  The Miko
  • He had sunk onto the tatami, his snow-covered coat crumpled around him like a frozen lily. —  The Miko
  • There were tatami, the first she had seen at Yami Doko. —  The Miko
  • In the very centre of the tatami was a huge red-brownish stain; by the verandah a second stain; at the further entrance a third of kindred character. —  Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2
 

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