Friday, July 9, 2010

tatami

I have introduce you tatami here and here and here .
A be covered with B : AはBに覆われている
the table is covered with a tablecloth.
the top of MtFUJI is covered with snow.

talking with food in your mouth is unrefined.
leaving the shoes untidy is unrefined.

Japaneses-style room : 和室
refine :上品
unrefined : 上品ではない
untidy :そろわない
tatami border:畳の縁
shoji screen:障子
rush:いぐさ(たたみの材料)
weave:織る
loom:織機
stitch:畳の目

a tatami        単数形
tatami/tatami mats 複数形
rude,impolite : 無礼な、下品な、野蛮な。。とても強い意味
unrefined が妥当
confuse 混乱?拒絶?

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