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a couch that's terrible at being a couch and a bed that's worse at being a bed.
means A padded mattress that can be laid flat for sleeping or folded onto a frame to serve as seating.
from Straight from Japanese 布団 (futon), which traditionally meant a thin quilted mattress rolled out on the floor at night and tucked away by day. The word reached English in the late 19th century, but the bulky folding sofa-bed contraption sold under the name in the West would baffle anyone who slept on the original — that was simply bedding, no frame required.
- japanese origin
- Real Japanese futons are thin floor mattresses, not folding frames
- daily ritual
- Traditionally folded and stored away every single morning
- college mascot
- The default furniture of broke apartments worldwide
- sun worship
- Japanese households air futons outside to kill dust mites
- fold count
- That metal bar always finds your spine somehow
ikea futon sofa bed — ikea's bestselling convertible furniture since 1996, sold in over 460 stores worldwide
muji compact futon — japanese minimalist futon mattress, staple in tokyo apartments and expanding globally