The purpose of the present invention is to provide a nonwoven for a top sheet of an absorbent article that is unlikely to stick after having absorbed menstrual blood, that is smooth and dry, and in which the absorbed menstrual blood is unlikely to diffuse on the nonwoven. This nonwoven has the following configuration. A nonwoven for a top sheet of an absorbent article, having a lengthwise direction and a crosswise direction, wherein the nonwoven has a plurality of ridge parts and a plurality of groove parts extending in the lengthwise direction and disposed in alternating fashion in the crosswise direction, the nonwoven being characterized in that the ridge parts and the groove parts have a plurality of through-holes, and the ridge parts have a region containing a blood lubricity-imparting agent that contains a predetermined blood lubricity-imparting agent.
