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畳たたむ

たたむ tatamu Play N2 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

広げた衣類や布などを折り重ねて小さくする。 to fold (clothes)

Example 1

ケンは毛布もうふを二ふたつに畳たたんだ。

Ken folded the blanket in half.

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Example 2

彼女かのじょはハンカチをきちんと畳たたんだ。

She folded her handkerchief neatly.

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Kanji breakdown

畳

N2

tatami mat; counter for tatami mats; fold; shut up; do away with

On reading
ジョウ、チョウ
Kun reading
たた.む、たたみ、かさ.なる
Radical
田
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畳

N4

たたみ

Japanese straw mat

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畳

N1

じょう

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)