Tatami Mat
In the rice paddy there is a forehead with a top hat. It sits atop an area of tatami mats.
The meaning you're trying to learn is tatami mat, so focus on the beautiful tatami mats that are strangely in the middle of this rice paddy. On top is a forehead with a top hat. It almost looks like the tatami mats are an altar for this gruesome scene.
じょう
たたみ
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Who made this creepy tatami mat altar? It was Joe (じょう), the increasingly concerning farmhand who lives in your village.
You saw Joe setting up the tatami mats a day earlier, but you thought he was just making an area for workers in the field to rest in. Does the forehead with a top hat have anything to do with Joe? What sort of ominous sign could this be?