Since Japanese traditionally slept and sat on tatami mat floors, furniture did not play the strong role it did in the West.

在传统上由于日本人坐在榻榻米地板上，在榻榻米地板上睡觉，因此，家具没有发挥西方那样大的作用。

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The interval is the same as the Japanese traditional size in architecture called "ichi-ken" (the length of a tatami mat).

间隔为日本传统建筑被称为“畳”（一个榻榻米的长度）。

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Its battery, the size of a tatami mat and weighing about 400 pounds, is under the floor, which helps give the car a lower center of gravity.

它的电池，大小如榻榻米，重400磅，位于汽车的底部，使车子的重心较低。

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From then on, Schwartz, who became chairman, did his best to sweep the incident under the tatami mat.

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If they are working late into the night, the young architects might toss a tatami mat or thick piece of foam on top of the structure and crash.

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The crisis exposed or exacerbated ugly elements of Japanese society that had been swept under the tatami mat, from its high rate of suicides and domestic violence to bureaucratic bungling and dishonesty.

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