たたみ

[畳] tatami

【C】

*mat

【C】マット， むしろ， ござ；畳∥ kneel on the mat for hours 何時間も畳の上で正座する.

¶→畳の上で死ぬ

畳
tatami mat (Japanese straw floor coverings)

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たたみ【畳】

tatami

〖C〗

*mat

〖C〗マット， むしろ， ござ；畳

kneel on the mat for hours 何時間も畳の上で正座する.

¶ → 畳の上で死ぬ

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I

たたみ【畳】

a tatami 《pl. ～, ～s》; a tatami mat; a straw(-and-rush) mat used for flooring; 〔総称〕 straw matting.

●畳にのの字を書く 〔もじもじしている〕 be nervous [fidgety].

●畳の部屋 a room with a straw-mat floor(ing)

・畳の縁(_へり) a straw-mat border; the edgings of a tatami

・畳のけば a rush splinter [sliver] on the surface of a tatami

・畳の表替え the re-covering of tatami

・畳の表替えをする re-cover [renew] tatami

・畳の上で死ぬ die a natural death; die in one's bed

・(家の)畳の上で死にたい. I hope I'll die in my house [at home] (rather than in a hospital).

・畳の上にごろんと横になる lie down heavily on a tatami floor

・畳の上の水練だ. It is like practicing swimming on dry land [a table]. | It is as useful as knowing how to do something in your head but never actually practicing it.

●畳を敷く cover a floor with tatami; lay tatami flooring; mat 《a room》

・畳を上げる take up the tatami flooring [mats]

・畳を干す air tatami mats in the sun

・畳を叩いてほこりを出す beat the dust out of a tatami.

畳糸 a thread for stitching tatami.

畳表 ⇒たたみおもて.

畳替え ⇒たたみがえ.

畳職[職人] ＝畳屋.

畳建具 straw mats [tatami] and fittings [fixtures].

●畳建具付き貸家 a house for rent with straw mats, fusuma, shoji, and other fittings installed.

畳付き

●畳付きの下駄 clogs with tatami insoles.

畳針 a tatami needle.

畳目 ⇒たたみめ.

畳屋 〔人〕 a tatami maker [dealer]; 〔店〕 a tatami store.

II

たたみ-【畳み-】

〔折りたたみの〕 folding; collapsible. [⇒おりたたみ]

畳み梯子 a folding [collapsible] ladder.