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6/13/2025, 8:55:57 PM
>>211697987
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%89%8B%E6%8B%AD%E3%81%84/
>手・顔・からだなどをふくのに用いる布。鉢巻きやほおかぶりなどにも使う。ふつう、一幅(ひとの)の木綿を3尺(約90センチ)に切ったもので、模様や文字が染め出してある。
Based on this Japanese dictionary it doesn't usually include a long towel.
https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E6%89%8B%E3%81%AC%E3%81%90%E3%81%84
>主に手や顔などを拭くために用いられる布。タオルを指す場合もある。
Based on this Japanese dictionary, it sometimes includes towel but it doesn't specify any size.
I'm not Japanese so I'm sure takeshi-kun has a more direct answer, but Japanese dictionaries are usually pretty decent and you can always just assume it doesn't include it until you hear a few Japanese people use it in that context. At any rate, based on タオル being a very common word, and 手拭い literally meaning handwipe, it would be very unnatural to mix them up with the exception of maybe someone using massive towels to dry their hands because they're too lazy to buy the appropriate towels.
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E6%89%8B%E6%8B%AD%E3%81%84/
>手・顔・からだなどをふくのに用いる布。鉢巻きやほおかぶりなどにも使う。ふつう、一幅(ひとの)の木綿を3尺(約90センチ)に切ったもので、模様や文字が染め出してある。
Based on this Japanese dictionary it doesn't usually include a long towel.
https://www.weblio.jp/content/%E6%89%8B%E3%81%AC%E3%81%90%E3%81%84
>主に手や顔などを拭くために用いられる布。タオルを指す場合もある。
Based on this Japanese dictionary, it sometimes includes towel but it doesn't specify any size.
I'm not Japanese so I'm sure takeshi-kun has a more direct answer, but Japanese dictionaries are usually pretty decent and you can always just assume it doesn't include it until you hear a few Japanese people use it in that context. At any rate, based on タオル being a very common word, and 手拭い literally meaning handwipe, it would be very unnatural to mix them up with the exception of maybe someone using massive towels to dry their hands because they're too lazy to buy the appropriate towels.
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