furoshiki

English

Etymology

From Japanese 風呂(ふろ)敷(しき) (furoshiki).

Noun

furoshiki (plural furoshiki)

1. A traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597:

     Around her slender neck, the beauteous Asian was also wearing a furoshiki printed in a woodland motif of peacock blue, taupe, and Chinese red, folded in a triangle so as to make a cowgirl bandana.

Translations

a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包袱布 (bāofúbù), 褓 (zh) (bǎo)

• French: furoshiki (fr) m
• Japanese: 風呂敷 (ja) (ふろしき, furoshiki)
• Korean: 후로시키 (hurosiki), 보자기 (ko) (bojagi)
• Russian: фуро́сики (ru) m or f or n (furósiki), фуроси́ки (ru) m or f or n (furosíki)

See also

• bojagi

Japanese

Romanization

furoshiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふろしき