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tatami

  • /təˈtɑːmi/

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Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami).

noun tatamis · tatami

  1. Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses. Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,
  2. A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.

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noun straw matting in Japanese houses

Españoltatami
한국어다다미 dadami
日本語畳 tatami, たたみ tatami
中文榻榻米 tàtàmǐ, 疊席 /叠席 diéxí
Portuguêstatame
Françaistatami
DeutschTatami
Русскийтата́ми tatámi

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@misc{tatami_2026,
  title = {tatami},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tatami},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}