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お絞り[おしぼり] (oshibori)

steamed towel; wet towel

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Meaning

お絞り (おしぼり, oshibori) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “steamed towel; wet towel”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

ウェイターにおしぼりを頼たのんだ

I asked the waiter for a wet towel.

おしぼりが欲ほしいのです。

Do you have hot towels?

おしぼりをもう一いち本ぽんください。

Could you bring me another hot towel?

私わたしは「おしぼり」という濡ぬれたタオルを差し出さしだす習慣しゅうかんが好すきです。

I like the Japanese custom of offering guests moist towels, called oshibori.

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