PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonwoven fabric in which the liquid diffusion in a width direction is suppressed and the liquid diffusion in a longitudinal direction is accelerated so as to raise an absorption rate of liquid, and in which a good cushion touch can be obtained.SOLUTION: The nonwoven fabric has: a first layer 11 comprising a first projection 12 projected on a first surface side Z1 that is a planarly viewed side of a nonwoven fabric 10 and having fibers inside and a first recess part 14 recessed on a second surface side z2 that is an opposite side of the first surface side Z1, and in which the first projection 12 and the first recess part 14 are alternately arranged in each of different directions that cross one another in a plan view of the nonwoven fabric 10; a second layer 21 comprising a projected rim 22 that is arranged on a second surface side Z2 of the first layer 11 and projected continuously in one direction on the first surface side Z1 and a recessed rim 23 that is recessed continuously on a second surface side Z2 in a direction along the one direction, and in which the projected rim 22 and the recessed rim 23 are alternately arranged in directions that cross the one direction in a plan view of the nonwoven fabric 10; and a third layer 31 that is arranged on the second surface side Z2 of the second layer 21 and the fibers are arranged in a recess part 26 formed on the second surface side Z2 of the second layer 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1【課題】幅方向の液の拡散を抑制し、長手方向の液の拡散を促進して、液の吸収速度を上げるとともに、良好なクッション感が得られる不織布の提供。【解決手段】不織布10を平面視した側の第1面側Z1に突出していて内部に繊維を有する第1突出部12と、第1面側Z1とは反対側の第2面側Z2に凹んだ第1窪み部14とを備え、第1突出部12と第1窪み部14とが不織布10の平面視交差する異なる方向のそれぞれに交互に配されてなる第1層11と、第1層11の第2面側Z2に配されていて、第1面側Z1の一方向に連続して突出する凸条部22と、一方向に沿う方向で第2面側Z2に連続して凹んだ凹条部23とを備え、凸条部22と凹条部23が不織布10の平面視前記一方向と交差する方向に交互に配された第2層21と、第2層21の第2面側Z2に配されていて第2層21の第2面側Z2になす凹部26に繊維が配された第3層31とを有する不織布である。【選択図】図1