1A raised alcove built into a Japanese-style room, used to display a hanging scroll, flower arrangement, or ornament; it also signals the formal status of the room.
お正月には床の間に松や梅の生け花を飾る家が多い。
Many households decorate the tokonoma with pine or plum flower arrangements for the New Year.
旅館の和室に通されると、まず床の間の掛け軸に目が行った。
When I was shown to the Japanese-style room at the inn, my eyes were first drawn to the scroll in the tokonoma.
祖父の家には昔ながらの床の間があり、季節ごとに飾りを変える。
My grandfather's house has an old-fashioned tokonoma, and the decorations are changed with the seasons.