NichiDict

さらし

晒し
曝し
[sarashi]

Meanings

1.Noun

bleaching; soaking

2.Noun

bleached cotton (esp. wrapped around the torso)

3.Noun

doxxing; doxing; making someone's private information public without permission

4.Noun

public humiliation (Edo-period punishment)

Examples

腹にさらしを巻いた。

He wrapped bleached cotton cloth around his abdomen.

布を日光にあてて天日さらしにした。

I put the cloth in sunlight to bleach it naturally.

さらしの布で傷口を覆った。

I covered the wound with a piece of bleached cloth.