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Japanese common objects

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:31 am
by ShadowZeroHeart
蒲團 - futon
榻榻米 - tatami?
梅雨 - plum rain?
空磁碗 - ???

And feel free to add any queries here =X

Re: Japanese common objects

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:09 am
by elkin
榻榻米- yeah, it's tatami.
梅雨- Japanese term for the rainy season. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_rainy_season for details :)

Will get back to you on 空磁碗- heard of it, but forgotten what it is.