Noun
tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)
Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
How Ono had jumped down onto all fours and begun licking the tatami mats and futon and squirmed on them like a beast. Source: Internet
In a Japanese-style apartment, Maria Del Bago learns how to properly bow, clean traditional tatami floor-matting and decipher instructions for a high-tech toilet. Source: Internet
With the Shogun dead, Kayama devises a plan by which the Americans, thanks to a covering of tatami mats and a raised Treaty House, can be received without having, technically, to set foot on Japanese soil. Source: Internet
In the modern age, faldstool trays or stackup-type legged trays may still be seen used in zashiki, i.e. tatami -mat rooms, for large banquets or at a ryokan type inn. Source: Internet
The house is based on the traditional Japanese module of the tatami mat, with the largest rooms designed to have flexibility so that they can be separated into three smaller rooms by fusuma sliding doors. Source: Internet
To maximise safety in nage waza (throwing techniques), judoka trained in ukemi (break falls) and practiced on tatami (rice straw mats). Source: Internet