Meanings
nounfuroshiki (countable and uncountable, plural furoshiki)
- countableA traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.
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.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 597 - uncountableThe art of wrapping in this kind of cloth.
Origin
From Japanese 風呂(ふろ)敷(しき) (furoshiki).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 包袱布, 褓
- 包袱布 (bāofúbù)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
- 褓 (bǎo)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
French furoshiki
- furoshikia traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
Japanese 風呂敷
- 風呂敷 (furoshiki)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
Korean 후로시키, 보자기
- 후로시키 (hurosiki)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
- 보자기 (bojagi)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
Russian фуро́сики, фуроси́ки
- фуро́сики (furósiki)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
- фуроси́ки (furosíki)a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth
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Chicago
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