futon

abbreviation

Fig Newton

is, despite appearances, not about using the floor for a bed. Rather, for the Japanese, whose home is a private family place without shoes or strangers, it might be more accurate to say that the Japanese use a bed for a home.

Another reason has been offered by Shuji Takashina: ‘Rather than say that the Japanese use the floor for a bed . . . it might be more accurate to say that they use [the] bed for a home.’

is a terrible couch that turns into an awful bed.

is an uncomfortable couch that turns into an uncomfortable bed.

futon, n.All

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