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畳
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folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
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paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony)
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Idiomatic expression
to die a natural death; to die in one's own bed
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Idiomatic expression; Jocular, humorous term
useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat
Examples
コンピューターのマニュアルを読むだけでは所詮畳の上の水練だ。
Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.
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Proverb
one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat
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Proverb; Adjective - yoi/ii class
wives and tatami mats are best when new
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Proverb
a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
