畳たたみの目め

expression, noun

mesh of a tatami mat; stitch spacing on tatami

Refers to the visible weave pattern or the distance between stitches on the surface of a tatami mat. Often used in set phrases like 畳の目を数える (to count the tatami stitches) when describing idle or bored behavior.

• 畳たたみの目めを数かぞえて時じ間かんをつぶした。

  I killed time by counting the stitches on the tatami mat.