tokonoma
[ toh-kuh-noh-muh ]
/ ˌtoʊ kəˈnoʊ mə /
noun
(in Japanese architecture) a shallow alcove for the display of kakemonos or flower arrangements.
Origin of tokonoma
1895–1900; < Japanese, equivalent to
toko (raised) floor +
-no grammatical particle +
ma room
Words nearby tokonoma
tokharian,
toklas,
tokodynamometer,
tokology,
tokoloshe,
tokonoma,
tokorozawa,
tokotoko,
toktokkie,
tokugawa,
tokugawa iyeyasu