Tatami mats are used for flooring Japanese-style rooms. The core is made of compacted rice straw and the surface is covered with woven rush. One tatami mat measures about 3 feet wide and 6 feet long, with a thickness of about 2 inches. Although there are regional variations, each mat is always twice as long as it is wide. It is common to measure the size of a room by the number of tatami mats in it: a 6 jo (or six-mat) room, an 8 jo room, and so on. Worn mats can be dealt with by reversing the rush covering, or by changing the covering for completely fresh rush. 意訳:わらを縫い固めた畳床たたみどこをいぐさで編んだ畳表で覆ったもので,和室に敷く.普通のサイズは一間×半間で,6畳,8畳のように畳の数で部屋の広さを言う.表面が汚れてしまったら畳表を裏返ししたり,取り替えたりすることもできる
畳の縁
a tatami border
畳の目
the grain [weave] of a tatami mat
床に畳を敷いた
We covered the floor with tatami.
畳の表替えをする
re-cover the tatami/renew the surface of a tatami mat
畳の上で死ぬdie in one's bed; die a natural death
畳鰯いわしa sheet of dried sardines
畳表the surface of a tatami mat
畳替えre-covering tatami
畳針a tatami needle; a long thick needle for making tatami