Sarashi

{{short description|Japanese bleached cloth}}

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A {{nihongo3|"bleached cloth"|晒し|sarashi}} is a kind of white cloth, usually cotton, or less commonly linen,{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ajapaneseandeng00hepbgoog/page/374/mode/2up?view=theater&q=sarashi |page=[https://archive.org/details/ajapaneseandeng00hepbgoog/page/n391 375] |title=A Japanese and English Dictionary: With and English and Japanese Index|publisher=American Presbyterian Mission Press |year=1867 |author= James Curtis Hepburn }}{{cite web |url=https://jisho.org/search/%E6%99%92 |title=Sarashi |script-title=ja:晒し |trans-title=Sarashi |language=ja |author= |website=jisho.org |access-date=27 September 2021}}{{cite book |author= |date=1988 |title=Kokugo Dai Jiten |script-title=ja:国語大辞典（新装版）|trans-title=Kokugodaijiten (shinsō-ban) |language=ja |location=Tokyo |publisher=Shogakukan|edition=Revised }}{{cite book |author= |date=2006 |title=Daijirin |script-title=ja:大辞林 |trans-title=Daijirin |language=ja |location=Tokyo |publisher=Sanseidō |isbn=4-385-13905-9|edition=Third }}{{cite book |author= |date=1995 |title=Daijisen |script-title=ja:大辞泉 |trans-title=Daijisen |language=ja |location=Tokyo |publisher=Shogakukan |isbn=4-09-501211-0}} used to make various garments in Japan, such as juban (a kind of under-kimono), fundoshi, or tenugui. A length of {{Transliteration|ja|sarashi}} may be wrapped around the body under a kimono as a haramaki, or around the chest to bind the breasts.