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plural tatamis or tatami
Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses. quotations examples
Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,
1964, John Berryman, chapter 31, in 77 Dream Songs, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, page 35
Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.
1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, page 2