- nuigurumi stuffed toy, stuffed animal, plush toy, soft toy, cuddly toy
Learners will commonly see this word in everyday conversations and children's contexts, not in formal writing, and it sounds softer and more specific than the loanword プラッシュ.
この縫いぐるみは子供の頃からずっと持っている。
Kono nuigurumi wa kodomo no koro kara zutto motte iru.
I've had this stuffed toy since I was a child.
彼女はたくさんの縫いぐるみをベッドに並べている。
Kanojo wa takusan no nuigurumi o beddo ni narabete iru.
She has many stuffed animals lined up on her bed.
⚖️ Not to be confused with ぬいぐるみ, which is the same word but usually written in hiragana; 縫いぐるみ is the kanji spelling.
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