furoshiki
noun
furoshiki is a noun meaning “A traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-R-O-S-H-I-K-I, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does furoshiki mean?
noun
- 1
A traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc.
- 2
The art of wrapping in this kind of cloth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is furoshiki?
Furoshiki appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Furoshiki in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | furoshiki |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does furoshiki come from?
From Japanese 風呂(ふろ)敷(しき) (furoshiki).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).