Soy-bean, sushi, tofu, kimono, futon, bonsai, karate, jiu-jitsu, honcho and sayonara come from the Japanese.
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For six months, she slept on a futon mattress in her friend's basement.
ING, argues, this may simply reflect rising confidence in banks and thus falling demand for notes to stuff under the futon.
Crawl inside and you will find a futon spread over a tatami-mat floor, with a small television and reading lamp mounted on the wall.
By the time you arrive back in your room, the futon mattresses have been carefully laid out for a good night's sleep.
True, 21 small units house start-up businesses ranging from fish-packing to futon-covering.
Japanese designers have brought to life a coffee table that becomes a futon plus table and chairs (by Kewb) as well as book shelves that are also jungle gyms (by Koichiro Hoshino).
One of the most strenuous tasks for such personnel, carried out an average of 40 times every day, is that of lifting a patient from a futon at floor level into a wheelchair.
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It's a row of three seats that can be converted to a futon-like arrangement the armrests can be stowed and solid footrests can be pulled up to the level of the seat, to create a flat cushion that fills the row.
New joints in the robot's base and lower back enable RIBA-II to crouch down and lift a patient off a futon at floor level (Figure 1), the most physically strenuous task for care-givers and one that RIBA was not able to do.
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