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Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of ふとん – see the following entries.
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| 【布団】
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- (Buddhism, specifically Zen) a round cushion made of woven bulrush leaves, used for zazen seated Zen meditation
- short for 座布団 (zabuton, “seat / sitting cushion”)
- (most common sense in modern usage) traditional Japanese-style bedding, more specifically the 敷布団 (shiki-buton, “mattress”, literally “spreading / laying-down futon”) or 掛け布団 (kake-buton, “duvet or quilt”, literally “covering futon”), or a set of both, spread directly on a tatami floor
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| (This term, ふとん (futon), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
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