tatami

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Japan, of course, uses that oh-so-traditional unit of measurement known as the tatami mat, and the size of a room is always expressed in how many tatami would fit inside, even if it's a traditional Western room with wooden flooring.

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

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  • The practice room was a long hall floored with tatami, weapons racked on the wall and three heavy bags ranged in a row near the door. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • That'll foul the mats , I thought, and wondered if broken glass ground into tatami was a bad idea. —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 1] - Working for the Devil
  • Strictly oversized cushions or tatami mats and low tables in the space could work. photo —  Urban Vancouver - Vancouver's community blog
  • There are jokes about young Japanese going abroad, visiting a local Japanese restaurant, marveling that they have to sit on tatami and eat raw fish with chopsticks, much the way an American tourist once did in Kyoto. —  News On Japan
  • At night, geometric shapes fell in the darkness as I lay on loaned tatami floor space. —  ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
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