Illustration: At the low table of a Japanese home, an adult ties the last two corners of a square cloth over a stacked lunch box. The lower corners already cross beneath the knot, and one broad triangular fold remains spread far enough to reveal how the flat cloth encloses the box.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

風ふ呂ろ敷しき

furoshiki

Japanese wrapping cloth

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは風呂敷ふろしきを十分じゅうぶんに活用かつようした。

    He took full advantage of the wrapper.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 書類しょるいを風呂敷ふろしきで包つつむ

    to wrap the documents with wrapping cloth

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. これが風呂敷ふろしきの起源きげんであるとの説せつもある。

    Some say this is the origin of Furoshiki.

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

Kanji in 風呂敷

  • 風wind; airOnフウ・フKunかぜ・かざ-
  • 呂spine; backboneOnロ・リョKunせぼね
  • 敷spread; paveOnフKunしく

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