noun
tatami mat; straw floor covering
Traditional Japanese flooring made of woven rush grass over a straw core. Used as a unit of room size (e.g., 六畳の部屋).
和室には畳が敷いてある。
The Japanese-style room has tatami mats laid out.
この部屋は六畳です。
This room is six tatami mats in size.
Standard kanji spelling.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Outdated kanji form; not used in modern Japanese.
Derived from the verb 畳む (たたむ, 'to fold'), referring to the fact that early tatami were thin mats that could be folded and stored away.