noun
Word Origin late 19th century: from Japanese, from za ‘sitting’ + buton, variant of futon.
Scrabble Points: 18
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Japanese cushion
A zabuton is a cushion for sitting that is commonly used in traditional Japanese settings. Zabuton is a Japanese loanword that is also sometimes used in Western culture to describe the zaniku, a flat mat that a zafu is placed on. Wikipedia