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    3. 床の間

    床の間

    床とこの​間ま

    tokonoma

    N2KMT8News #20+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsHome & HousingKanji Vocab20 strokes

    とこのま

    Noun

    1.
    tokonoma, alcove where art or flowers are displayed

    Stroke 0 / 20

    Speed1.0x

    日に本ほんの家いえには床とこの間まがあります。

    Japanese houses have a tokonoma.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    床とこの間まには掛かけ軸じくや生いけ花ばなが飾かざられます。

    Hanging scrolls and flower arrangements are displayed in the tokonoma.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & DesignHome & Housing
    茶さ道どうでは、床とこの間まの設しつらえも重じゅう要ような要よう素その一ひとつです。

    In the tea ceremony, the arrangement of the tokonoma is also one of the important elements.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    最さい近きんのマンションでは床とこの間まがない間ま取どりも増ふえてきました。

    Recently, floor plans without a tokonoma have been increasing in condominiums.

    KMT8Home & HousingDaily Life
    客きゃく人じんを迎むかえる際さい、床とこの間まは家いえの主しゅ人じんの美び意い識しきを示しめす重じゅう要ような空くう間かんとなります。

    When welcoming guests, the tokonoma becomes an important space that reflects the aesthetic sense of the house's owner.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsHome & HousingArt & Design

    Characters that make up this word

    床
    とこ・ゆか…(1)
    bed・counter for beds・floor・padding・tatami
    Kanji
    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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