風呂敷 (furoshiki)
wrapping cloth,cloth wrapper
- JLPT N2
- Pitch 0
- #19668 most frequent
Meaning
風呂敷 (ふろしき, furoshiki) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “wrapping cloth,cloth wrapper”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
彼女はその箱を風呂敷に包みました
She wrapped the box in a furoshiki cloth.
彼の大風呂敷はいつものこと。
He is always talking big.
彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。
He took full advantage of the wrapper.
主に高級な呉服や風呂敷に使われる。
It is used mainly for high-grade kimono and furoshiki.
これが風呂敷の起源であるとの説もある。
Some say this is the origin of Furoshiki.
風呂敷はどんな形の物でも包めるので便利です.
Furoshiki is convenient because you can wrap anything in it, no matter what shape it is.
なお平包の言葉は風呂敷の包み方の一つとして残る。
Hiratsutsumi remains as a term meaning one of the ways to wrap using Furoshiki.
当時は婚礼道具や夜具地(布団)を唐草の風呂敷で包んでいたようである。
Around that time, bridal furniture and bedclothes (Futon) seem to have been wrapped in arabesque-pattern Furoshiki.
筒描きは庶民の染物によく使われ、現在でも暖簾や半被、風呂敷などに残る。
Tsutsugaki was widely used for dyed goods for ordinary people, which is still seen in noren (a short, split curtain hung at the entrance of a room), happi coats (a workman's livery coat), and furoshiki (wrapping cloth).
風呂に敷く布で包むことから、「平裹(平包)」に代わって「風呂敷包み」や「風呂敷」と広く呼ばれるようになった。
Derived from wrapping up in a piece of cloth to be spread out on the floor of Furo (bath), it came to be extensively called 'Furoshiki-tsutsumi' or 'Furoshiki' instead of 'Hiratsutsumi.'