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Tatami

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a traditional Japanese floor mat woven from rice straw
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Stage 1 of 2
tatami
Japanese · medieval
"a straw floor mat"
a woven straw floor mat
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Stage 2 of 2
tatami
English · 1800s-1900s
"a traditional Japanese woven floor mat"
adopted as Western contact with Japan increased
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