小こ座ざ敷しき

noun

small tatami room

A compact Japanese-style room with tatami flooring, often used for intimate gatherings or as a private space in a home or restaurant.

• 料りょう亭ていの小こ座ざ敷しきで会かい食しょくを楽たのしんだ。

  We enjoyed a dinner meeting in the small tatami room of a traditional restaurant.

noun

extension of the main room; alcove-like space

In traditional palatial-style architecture, a small room or alcove that extends from the main hall, often used for semi-private functions. Cross-referenced with 放ち出, a related architectural feature.

See also: 放ち出

• 寝しん殿でん造づくりでは、母も屋やから張はり出だした小こ座ざ敷しきが設もうけられることがあった。

  In shinden-zukuri architecture, a small extension room called a kozashiki was sometimes built out from the main hall.

noun

small tea room; room under 4.5 tatami mats

In the context of tea ceremony, a room smaller than four and a half tatami mats, creating an intimate atmosphere for the ritual.

• 茶さ道どうでは、四よ畳じょう半はん以い下かの小こ座ざ敷しきを特とくに「小こ間ま」と呼よぶこともある。

  In tea ceremony, a small room under four and a half tatami mats is sometimes specifically called a 'koma'.