1.
tissue paper; toilet paper
Thin, soft paper used for wiping or cleaning.
塵紙で鼻をかむ。
To blow your nose with tissue paper.
駅前で塵紙を配っていた。
They were handing out tissue packets in front of the station.
塵紙交換の車が来た。
The tissue exchange truck came.
Referring to trucks that exchange old newspapers for tissue paper.
Compound of 塵 (dust) + 紙 (paper). A somewhat old-fashioned word for tissue paper. In modern Japanese, ティッシュ is far more common in everyday speech.
SYNONYMS:
- ティッシュ(ペーパー): tissue paper (most common today)
- トイレットペーパー: toilet paper
CULTURAL NOTES:
- 塵紙交換: a once-common service where trucks drove through neighborhoods collecting old newspapers and exchanging them for tissue paper
- In Japan, pocket tissues (ポケットティッシュ) are often handed out free at train stations as advertising — a unique Japanese custom
The word 塵紙 is still understood but sounds dated to younger speakers.
Related Words
Synonym:
ティッシュ (modern term)