PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonwoven fabric having a good touch, a good feeling, and excellent flexibility that is capable of being suitably utilized for a top sheet, a back sheet and a side gathering of an absorbent article used as a sanitary material.SOLUTION: There is provided a filament nonwoven fabric comprising a polyolefinic fiber having an average single fiber fineness of 0.7 dtex or more and 3.0 dtex or less that contains an ester compound having a melting point of 70°C or higher in an amount of 0.3 wt% or more and 5.0 wt% or less based on the fiber weight, and further contains a polyolefin-based resin having an MFR of 70 g/10 min or less and a melting point of 120°C or lower in an amount of 5 wt% or more and 30 wt% or less based on the fiber weight.
