<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively prevent a raw material from being broken when a pressed groove is put under a condition in which a non-woven fabric having a fineness of 1.7 dt or lower is used as a liquid-permeable top sheet. <;P>;SOLUTION: An absorbent body 4 is inserted between the liquid-permeable top sheet 3 consisting of the non-woven fabric, and a back sheet 2, while the pressed grooves 7 and 7 are put from the external surface side of the liquid-permeable top sheet 3 for this sanitary napkin 1. In the sanitary napkin 1, the non-woven fabric of which the fineness is 1.7 dt or lower is used as the liquid-permeable top sheet 3. Also, one or a plurality of layers of a non-woven fabric 8 for pressing reinforcement of which the fineness is larger than 1.7 dt are arranged in a range which is on the lower layer surface side of the liquid-permeable top sheet 3, and further, includes the pressed grooves 7 and 7. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT