雑巾: 10 Terms and Phrases

• 雑巾
• house-cloth
• dust cloth
• duster

• 雑巾摺
• finishing board nailed where the floor boards meet the wall
• skirting, baseboards

• 雑巾掛け
• cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.)
• dirty work
• low-level work
• apprentice work

• 濡れ雑巾
• wet cloth
• damp rag

• 雑巾がけ
• cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.)
• dirty work
• low-level work
• apprentice work

• ５．反応が終わったら、濡れ雑巾の上に試験管をおく。
• 5. When the reaction is over, place the test-tube on a damp cloth.

• 製品によっては生乾きの雑巾のような臭い、汗のような臭いなど「悪い香」を呈するものもある。
• However, some products have a 'bad smell' like that of damp-dried wiping cloth or of sweat.

• 同書では岩手県の藩士を下女が殺して逃げようとしたところ、家の古雑巾が下女の顔に飛びつき、窒息死させたとある。
• The book describes that a maidservant killed feudal retainer of domain in Iwate Prefecture and when the maidservant tried to flee, old cleaning rag in the house leaped at the maidservant's face, suffocated her to death.

• しかし、これは小説家・山田野理夫の著書『東北怪談の旅』で語られている古雑巾の怪異譚「古ぞうきんの仇討ち」が由来とされる。
• However the description originated from tale of monster of old cleaning rag called 'Revenge of old cleaning rag', told in 'Tohoku Kaidan no Tabi' (Trip to the scary stories in Tohoku Region) by Norio YAMADA, a novelist.

• 近年の妖怪関連の書籍では、古い雑巾や布巾がこの妖怪に変化し、人間を襲い、体を覆う不快な粘液と全身から放つ悪臭で人を気絶させるという解説がしばしば見られる。
• The books about specters published in recent years often contains an explanation that old cleaning rag or dish towel transforms into this specter and attacks humans with unpleasant mucus and emitting an offensive odor, making people faint.