畳（たたみ）
JLPT N3 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, then stays high with no drop
Meaning: tatami mat
Example sentences
- 畳の上に座ると落ち着く。 — Sitting on the tatami mats feels calming.
- 新しい畳のいいにおいがする。 — The new tatami mats have a nice smell.
Idioms & proverbs containing “畳”
- 起きて半畳寝て一畳 (おきてはんじょうねていちじょう) — one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
- 女房と畳は新しい方が良い (にょうぼうとたたみはあたらしいほうがいい) — wives and tatami mats are best when new
- 悪人は畳の上では死ねない (あくにんはたたみのうえではしねない) — a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
- 畳水練 (たたみすいれん) — useless book learning; knowing the theory but not being able to put it into practice; swim practice on a tatami mat
- 畳の上で死ぬ (たたみのうえでしぬ) — to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed
- 畳の上の水練 (たたみのうえのすいれん) — useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat
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