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    3. 四畳半

    四畳半

    四よ畳じょう半はん

    four and a half tatami mats

    KMT8News #24+1NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab22 strokes

    よじょうはん

    Noun

    1.
    four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room
    2.
    small room esp. for assignations

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    彼かれの部へ屋やは四よ畳じょう半はんの広ひろさだ。

    His room is four and a half tatami mats in size.

    KMT6Home & Housing
    学がく生せい時じ代だいは四よ畳じょう半はんのアパートに住すんでいた。

    During my student days, I lived in a four-and-a-half-mat apartment.

    KMT8Home & HousingEducation
    茶ちゃ室しつは通つう常じょう、四よ畳じょう半はん以い下かの小ちいさな空くう間かんで作つくられる。

    Tea rooms are usually made in small spaces of four and a half tatami mats or less.

    KMT8Home & HousingCulture & Traditions
    昔むかしの日に本ほんの家いえでは、四よ畳じょ半うは一ん般 的はな部へ屋やの広ひろさだった。

    In old Japanese houses, a four-and-a-half-mat room was a common room size.

    KMT8Home & HousingHistory
    四よ畳じょう半はんの空くう間かんに、彼かれは独どく自じの宇そ宙らを築きずき上あげていた。

    In the space of a four-and-a-half-mat room, he had built his own unique world.

    KMT9Home & HousingEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    四
    よん・よ・よ.つ・よっ.つ…(4)
    four
    畳
    たた.む・たたみ・かさ.なる…(2)
    tatami mat・counter for tatami mats・fold・shut up・do away with
    半
    なか.ば…(2)
    half・middle・odd number・semi-・part-
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