Definition of tatami in English:
tatami
(also tatami mat)
nounPlural tatamis təˈtɑːmitəˈtämē
A rush-covered straw mat forming a traditional Japanese floor covering.
Example sentencesExamples
- She said when she moved in all the rooms were designed in Japanese style with tatami on the floor.
- My room had a wood floor with a tatami mat over it.
- Finally, there's an exclusive line of Japanese tatami - textured granular plasters combined with either straw or recycled glass.
- Not that much happens, but it happens in breathtaking, meticulously composed shots, usually filmed from a stationary position a metre off the floor - the approximate eye-line of someone seated on a tatami.
- I made an executive decision about my life and downgraded my bed to a cheap tatami mat, a traditional straw Japanese mat meant for sleeping.