How to Use tatami in a Sentence

tatami

noun

• By this time, phones up and down the counter have been lifted from their phone-size tatami mats.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• One had tatami mats, an idea from a restaurant in Bangkok.
  — Author: Robin Abcarian, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
• The son of a dirt-poor weaver of tatami mats, Asahara attended a boarding school for the blind.
  — David E. Kaplan and Andrew Marshall, WIRED, 1 July 1996
• In Japan, this principle meant the widespread use of tatami -- floor mats made from rice straw.
  — Georgia McCafferty, CNN, 20 June 2017
• The central sushi bar has been removed, and a sunken tatami table has been added as the new focal point.
  — Courtney Dabney, star-telegram, 16 Mar. 2018
• Spring light shining in through the windows formed little sunny squares on the tatami.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• How Ono had jumped down onto all fours and begun licking the tatami mats and futon and squirmed on them like a beast.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2017
• The roadway was a river of fire, with homes and their contents, tatami mats, futons, rucksacks, all in flames.
  — Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 7 Mar. 2020
• Most of the spacious rooms are Western in style, with beds rather than futons, and trade in tatami mats for wooden flooring.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
• Most of the spacious rooms are Western in style, with beds rather than futons, and trade in tatami mats for wooden flooring.
  — Christina Liao, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2018
• Subtly strewed aluminum casts of leaves, roots and even anchovies lie on the floor, or else on tatami mats sheathed in sheets of pale silicone.
  — Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• He initially was placed in a room of three tatami mats, about 80 square feet, and was sleeping on a futon, but was moved to a larger room with a bed, the lawyer said.
  — Peter Landers, WSJ, 8 Jan. 2019
• Guests can opt for a Western-style bedroom on the ground floor or one of the traditional tatami rooms with futon beds upstairs.
  — Caitie Kelly Chris Schalkx Jinnie Lee Kyle Beechey Cathy Erway Caitie Kelly, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Diners remove shoes, step on to tatami flooring and sit on a cushion before a low table.
  — The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2018
• Both the semi-private tatami mat rooms and the chef’s choice omakase sushi option require advanced reservations.
  — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
• For example, the game room sports steel wall coverings, tatami mat ceilings, and suede galore.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
• Before her, an audience of hundreds sits on tatami mats.
  — Ben Dooley, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2020
• Also lovingly displayed is the low tripod that Ozu used to shoot, as if from the point of view of a person seated on a tatami mat and participating in the scene.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Also in Shima, the rustic Hiogiso is a dockside ryokan with a cypress onsen and tatami-floor guest rooms.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
• This is a traditional Japanese guesthouse with three rooms to rent, each with futons and tatami mats.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2017
• Upstairs is a tatami room for tea ceremonies, where Singh will host tea masters visiting from Japan.
  — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Turkey's Bilal Çiloğlu, the world's No. 9 lightweight, screamed and put his fists to his head after Ono pinned him helplessly to the tatami for an ippon, his wails echoing down the corridors.
  — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 26 July 2021
• Our spacious tatami room had a wraparound terrace directly on the harbor and views from every window.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
• But these new apartments — known as three-tatami rooms, based on how many standard Japanese floor mats would cover the living space — are pushing the boundaries of normal living.
  — Hikari Hida, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
• The style of the property is traditional; tatami mats cover the floors, and most guests wear yukatas (a casual kimono) and tabi socks provided daily by the hotel.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2018
• The Frenchman hadn't even stepped onto a tatami in a competitive match since winning his second Olympic final in Rio de Janerio 390 days ago.
  — Henry Young, CNN, 5 Sep. 2017
• Osaka is not known for its relaxing onsen or graceful tatami-floored ryokan.
  — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2019
• Magazine Nakahigashi’s restaurant, located not far from Monk, has only 12 counter seats (plus two small tatami rooms upstairs).
  — Tom Downey, WSJ, 28 May 2018
• As for the rooms, décor is also traditional, with tatami-mat floors and low-lying furniture; some also have lovely open-air bathrooms.
  — Alisha Prakash, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2017
• Okubo's daughter, Atsuko, then emerges from an adjoining room to greet visitors and escort them up a tight flight of stairs to a second-floor tatami room, the traditional setting for the tea ceremony.
  — Miki Lendon and Brad Lendon, CNN, 6 July 2022

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024