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

See also

Japanese

Romanization

furoshiki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふろしき
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