noun
furoshiki; wrapping cloth
A square piece of cloth used for wrapping and carrying items. The word itself is widely understood in English as 'furoshiki'.
お弁当を風呂敷に包んで持って行った。
I wrapped my lunch box in a furoshiki and took it with me.
Standard kanji spelling; the word is almost always written this way.
Derived from 風呂 (furo, 'bath') and 敷 (shiki, 'spread'), referring to a cloth spread on the floor in bathhouses to wrap clothes.