新聞紙
also: しんぶんがみ
Meanings
newspaper sheets; newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping or packing
Refers to newspaper as paper material: sheets used to wrap, protect, cover, clean, or pack things. The reading しんぶんがみ is particularly natural for this practical-material sense, though しんぶんし is also used.
I wrapped the fragile items in newspaper.
I laid newspaper on the floor before painting.
Only with reading しんぶんし
Means a newspaper as a printed physical object. When simply referring to the publication or daily news source, 新聞 is more common; this sense is restricted to the reading しんぶんし.
Fewer people now spread out a newspaper and read it on the train.
Usage patterns
- 新聞紙で〈物〉を包むto wrap something in newspaper
I wrapped the present in newspaper.
- 新聞紙を敷くto lay down newspaper (as protection or lining)
I lined the moving boxes with newspaper.
- 新聞紙を丸めるto crumple up newspaper (e.g. for cleaning)
I crumpled up some newspaper and used it to wipe the window.