Half a tatami mat

Japanese: 半畳 - ハンジョウ
Half a tatami mat
1 tatami Tatami Half a tatami mat. And that tatami mat.
2. A small mat for one person used by an audience member in a theater during the Edo period. It was also the abbreviation for "han-tatami uri," a business that rented out such mats.
3. In a play, a spectator uses a word of criticism or teasing to jeer at an actor. By extension, a word used to mock or heckle someone's words or actions. heckling "

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:
たたみ一畳の半分。また、その畳。
江戸時代、芝居小屋などで観客が用いた一人用の小さな敷物。また、その賃貸を業とした「半畳売り」の略称。
芝居で、見物人が役者に対して投げる非難やからかいの言葉。転じて、人の言動を茶化したりやじったりする言葉。「半畳を言う」

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