tatami
noun
- traditional flooring of Japanese living rooms, but also temples, etc.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /təˈtɑːmi/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami).
- 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,”
“Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.”
- A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.