Etymology

mizuhiki

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Today it means: Japanese cord made from paper and used to decorate gifts. Full definition →

Japanese 水引
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from水引“decorative cord”
  2. English todaymizuhiki

From Japanese 水引 (mizuhiki, “decorative cord”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.