suffix for room size in tatami mats
Attaches to a number + counter (e.g., 枚) to indicate the number of tatami mats in a room. Used in real estate and architectural contexts.
This room is a six-tatami-mat room.
This room is six tatami mats in size.
I'm looking for an eight-tatami-mat Japanese-style room.
I'm looking for a room that's eight tatami mats in size.
wooden floor; board floor
tatami-matted; covered with tatami
graveled; gravel-covered
Standard kanji spelling for the suffix meaning 'tatami mat count'.
Abbreviated kanji form, also used in compounds.
From the verb 敷く (しく, 'to spread, lay out'), referring to the laying of tatami mats. The reading じき is a rendaku form.