1A tatami-matted Japanese-style room, often a formal room used to receive guests.
旅館に着くと、広い座敷に案内された。
When we arrived at the ryokan, we were shown to a spacious tatami room.
お盆には親戚一同が座敷に集まって食事をする。
During Obon, all the relatives gather in the tatami room to eat together.
この料亭には個室の座敷がいくつも用意されている。
This traditional restaurant has several private tatami rooms available.
2A traditional banquet at which geisha or maiko are called to entertain guests, held in a tatami room.
京都の座敷には今でも芸者を呼ぶ習慣が残っている。
In Kyoto, the custom of calling geisha to a banquet still remains today.
得意先を座敷でもてなし、商談をまとめた。
We entertained the client at a traditional banquet and closed the deal.