tatami

noun

ta·ta·mi tä-ˈtä-mē

ta-

plural tatami or tatamis

: straw matting used as a floor covering in a Japanese home

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The Rooms The 52-room hotel has six tiers of guest rooms, all of which blend traditional Japanese design (every room has tatami mat floors) with contemporary design. —

Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024 Loneliness had coated the inside of his cabinets like mold and thrived in the weave of his tatami. —

Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024 Massara’s décor is as minimalist as a Japanese tatami room but, owing to high ceilings, hard surfaces, and a crowd as loud as arguing ESPN commentators, everyone else must speak louder as a result. —

John Mariani, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024 It is built in the traditional Japanese style, with massive wooden beams, interlocking joinery, tile roofs, sliding screen doors and tatami mat flooring. —

Dani Benton, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tatami