Provided is an absorbent article which is soft and not readily twisted. This absorbent article (1) is characterized in that: an absorbent body (3) is provided with an absorbent core (13) including thermoplastic resin fibres (16) and cellulose water-absorbing fibres (17), and a coating sheet (14) which coats one surface (11) of the absorbent core (13)； the absorbent core (13) includes, among the thermoplastic resin fibres (16), thermoplastic resin fibres (16) provided with first sections (16a) which are exposed to the one surface (11), second sections (16b) which are exposed to another surface (12), and coupling sections (16c) which couple the first and second sections； in the absorbent core (13), the amount of thermoplastic resin fibres (16) present at the other surface (12) is greater than the amount of thermoplastic resin fibres (16) present at the one surface (11)； the absorbent body (3) includes embossed parts (15)； and the absorbent body (3) is bonded to a layer adjacent to the skin side of the absorbent body (3), and a layer adjacent to the clothing side of the absorbent body (3), with adhesive parts (21, 22) sandwiched therebetween.本發明之目的在提供一種，柔軟且不易歪扭的吸收性物品。本發明的吸收性物品，是具有以下的構成。吸收性物品(1)，其特徵為：吸收體(3)具有：吸收芯(13)，其包含有熱可塑性樹脂纖維(16)及纖維素系吸水性纖維(17)，且具有一方的表面(11)及另一方的表面(12)；以及被覆薄片(14)，其被覆前述一方的表面(11)，吸收芯(13)包含有熱可塑性樹脂纖維(16)中具有露出在一方的表面(11)的第1部分(16a)、露出在另一方的表面(12)的第2部分(16b)、以及連結該等的連結部分(16c)者，吸收芯(13)的存在於另一方的表面(12)的熱可塑性樹脂纖維(16)的量比存在於一方的表面(11)的熱可塑性樹脂纖維(16)的量更多，吸收體(3)包含預定的壓花部(15)，而且，吸收體(3)隔著接著部(21)及接著部(22)被接合在吸收體(3)的鄰接肌膚側的層及吸收體(3)的鄰接著衣側的層。
