tokonoma
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tokonoma
1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to toko (raised) floor + -no grammatical particle + ma room
Example Sentences
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Set in a garden among plum and kiwi trees, the cottage has traditional tatami mats, shoji-paper and fusuma sliding doors, chunky wooden cabinets and tokonoma alcoves.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
The Emperor, of course, never comes, and so the tokonoma is no more than a name.
From Peeps at Many Lands: Japan by John Finnemore
Save for the sill of the tokonoma, which was black lacquer, every inch of wood in the place was natural grain without flaw.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
The kakemono in the tokonoma of tea-ceremony rooms is about 10 in. wide.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
It had hung there at the tokonoma since he could remember.
From The Way of the Gods by John Luther Long
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