畳

Meaning

畳 centers on layering and stacking: folding something flat, piling up, or the familiar tatami mat that covers a floor in layers. The counter sense is a natural extension of counting those layered mats.

• 畳たたみ
  N4

  tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

• 畳じょう
  N2

  tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

• 畳むたたむ
  N3

  to fold (clothes, umbrella)

• 四畳半よじょうはん

  four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room

• 石畳いしだたみ

  stone paving; cobble paving; sett; flagstone

• 畳み掛けるたたみかける

  to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

• 畳み込みたたみこみ

  convolution

• 千畳敷せんじょうじき

  very spacious hall; grand space; thousand-tatami area

• 重畳ちょうじょう

  being placed one upon another; piling up; being atop another

• 畳表たたみおもて

  facing of a tatami mat

• 畳敷きたたみじき

  tatami-matted

• ユニット畳ユニットたたみ

  thin tatami mat that can be placed on flooring

• 一畳いちじょう

  one mat

• 三畳紀さんじょうき

  Triassic period

• 上げ畳あげだたみ

  tatami mat finished on both sides

• 二畳紀にじょうき

  Permian period

• 半畳はんじょう

  half tatami mat

• 半畳を入れるはんじょうをいれる

  to interrupt; to jeer

• 半畳を打つはんじょうをうつ

  to interrupt; to jeer

• 四畳半趣味よじょうはんしゅみ

  enjoying food, drink and entertainment in a small room

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