Illustration: Beside a low table in a Japanese home, a host offers a broad, square floor cushion to a visiting friend. Another guest already kneels on an identical cushion, its padded edges bulging gently around their knees. The offered cushion has a central tuft and neatly sewn corners.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

座ざ布ぶ団とん

zabuton

Japanese floor cushion

Example sentences

  1. この座布団ざぶとんを干ほして下ください。

    Please air the zabuton.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. お祖母ばあさんが座布団ざぶとんの上うえにちんまりとすわっていました。

    The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. また座布団ざぶとんを足あしで踏ふむのはかなり失礼しつれいな行為こういとなる。

    Trampling down a zabuton cushion is considered more than a bit impolite.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 座布団

  • 座squat; seatOnザKunすわる
  • 布linen; clothOnフ・ホKunぬの・しく・きれ
  • 団group; associationOnダン・トンKunかたまり・まるい

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