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風呂敷 (ふろしき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

風ふ呂ろ敷しき

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

furoshiki; wrapping cloth

A square piece of cloth used for wrapping and carrying items. The word itself is widely understood in English as 'furoshiki'.

お弁べん当とうを風ふ呂ろ敷しきに包つつんで持もって行いった。

I wrapped my lunch box in a furoshiki and took it with me.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を風ふ呂ろ敷しきで包つつむto wrap something in a furoshiki cloth
お弁べん当とうを風ふ呂ろ敷しきで包つつんで持もって行いった。
I wrapped my lunch box in a furoshiki and took it with me.
風ふ呂ろ敷しきに〈物もの〉を包つつむto wrap something up inside a furoshiki
祖そ母ぼは着き物ものを風ふ呂ろ敷しきに包つつんで運うんだ。
My grandmother wrapped the kimono in a furoshiki and carried it.

Kanji

風wind, air, style
呂spine, backbone
敷spread, pave, sit

Don't confuse with

袱ふく紗さ
風呂敷 is a large everyday cloth for wrapping and carrying goods, while 袱紗 is a smaller, formal silk cloth used to present gifts or money at ceremonies.
風ふ呂ろN5
風呂敷 is a wrapping cloth used for carrying goods, not the bath itself, despite sharing the 風呂 kanji with 風呂.

Counted with

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Word family

大おお風ぶ呂ろ敷しき
large furoshiki; big wrapping cloth · big talk; boasting; bluster
風ふ呂ろ敷しき包づつみ
something wrapped in a furoshiki; furoshiki-wrapped item

Written forms

風ふ呂ろ敷しきUsage89%
Standard kanji spelling; the word is almost always written this way.
ふろしきUsage10%
フロシキUsage1%

Etymology

Derived from 風呂 (furo, 'bath') and 敷 (shiki, 'spread'), referring to a cloth spread on the floor in bathhouses to wrap clothes.