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お絞り

御絞り

Reading

Kana: おしぼり
Romaji: oshibori
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 しぼ.る、 し.める、 し.まる
Meanings: strangle, constrict, wring
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern

Example Sentences

おしぼりが()しいのです。
➥Do you have hot towels?
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(わたし)は「おしぼり」という()れたタオルを()()習慣(しゅうかん)()きです。
➥I like the Japanese custom of offering guests moist towels, called oshibori.
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おしぼりをもう(いち)(ほん)ください。
➥Could you bring me another hot towel?
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