Tatami (畳 - Tatami Mat)

Tatami

I like a smell of 'tatami' (畳).

Tatami is a traditional Japanese flooring material in Japanese-style rooms; it is made by weaving soft rush into a settled straw.

In the past, tatami was used as a generic term for rugs or mats including thin ones.

Since rugs and mats were folded when we don't use them, the noun tatami was created by nominalizing the verb 'tatamu' (たたむ - meaning "to fold").

Unfortunately, it is said that the tatami industry is suffering from a shortage of successors.

Incidentally, when you read the kanji 畳 as 'jō' in the Chinese reading, it represents the unit for the area of a space.

畳

私は「畳」の匂いが好きです。

畳とは、日本の和室で利用される伝統的な床材のことで、藁を縫い固めて作った芯材に、い草を編み込むことで作られます。

かつてこの言葉は、ござなども含めた敷物の総称として使われていました。

敷物は使用しないときに畳んでおくことから、動詞「たたむ」が名詞化され「たたみ」となったそうです。

残念ながら、畳業界は後継者不足の問題に苦しんでいるようです。

ちなみに、漢字「畳」を音読みで「じょう」と読むと、部屋の大きさを表す単位おなります。

• Tatami is a traditional Japanese flooring material in Japanese-style rooms; it is made by weaving soft rush into a settled straw.
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• In the past, tatami was used as a generic term for rugs or mats including thin ones.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Since rugs and mats were folded when we don't use them, the noun tatami was created by nominalizing the verb 'tatamu' (たたむ - meaning "to fold").
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Unfortunately, it is said that the tatami industry is suffering from a shortage of successors.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• Incidentally, when you read the kanji 畳 as 'jō' in the Chinese reading, it represents the unit for the area of a space.
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!