Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.

He lay on the mat at full length.

My legs ache from sitting on tatami.

I am already accustomed to sitting on tatami.

These straw mats, called "tatami" in Japanese, are no longer made by hand.

Do you have a tatami room for ten people?

When they hear 'Japanese-style room,' most people probably think of a tatami room.

Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.