半はん畳じょう

noun

half tatami mat

Refers to a mat half the size of a standard tatami, or a small space of that size. Also used in the idiom 半畳を入れる (to heckle).

• この部屋へやの隅すみに半はん畳じょうのスペースがある。

  There is a half-tatami-sized space in the corner of this room.

noun

heckling; jeering; interrupting

Almost always used in the set phrase 半畳を入れる (to heckle, to jeer). The literal image is of throwing a half-mat at a performer.

See also: 半畳を入れる (はんじょうをいれる)

• 演えん説ぜつ中ちゅうに野や次じ馬うまが半はん畳じょうを入いれた。

  During the speech, hecklers jeered at him.

• 彼かれはすぐに半はん畳じょうを入いれる癖くせがある。

  He has a habit of heckling right away.