Example Sentences

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Instead, he and his wife moved, with their three young children, to a nearby rice-farming village, where they lived in a Japanese-style house with tatami floor mats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The two young opponents, clad in crisp white karategi with coloured belts and protective headgear, circled each other on the tatami, the floor covering used for practising Japanese martial arts.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

It's unclear whether it has worked – Mr Hakamata still paces back and forth for hours, just as he did for years in a jail cell the size of three single tatami mats.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

“Not what is lost but what is found when you do safety meetings in two languages and you learn not to walk onto tatami mats with your utility boots.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Mama had suddenly started energetically picking up tiny bits of dust or dirt from the tatami.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata