Futon
Bedding, Sleeping Mat, Duvet
noun
Put some cloth in a group and you get a futon. It’s just the kind of nice, soft bedding or sleeping mat you’d like to curl up on.
Keep in mind that this word is different from the English version. We’re not talking about sofa-beds for your dorm room here. In Japanese, your 布団 is the traditional bedding you lay out on the floor at night and put away in the daytime. 布団 can refer to the sleeping mat, the duvet that covers it, or both items as a set.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. The reading for 団 is the secondary reading that went with the kanji, though, so watch out for that. If you can figure out the meaning of this word, chances are you already know how to spell it, so carry that over to Japanese.
この布団の品しつには、いくらか改善が見られると思います。
I think I can see some improvements in the quality of this bedding.
はずかしすぎて布団を頭からかぶってかくれたいよー！
I am so embarrassed, I want to bury myself under a futon.
布団の勧誘って、何であんなにしつこいのかなぁ。何度来られても買わないものは買わないっつうの。ほんと、鬱陶しい！
I’m getting sick of these futon salespeople. Can’t they understand that if I don’t buy something after several visits, that I’m never going to buy it? So annoying.