furoshiki

English

Etymology

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

Noun

furoshiki (plural furoshiki)

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

Rōmaji transcription of ふろしき

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