枕

Meaning

枕 centers on a pillow: a cushion for the head during sleep or rest.

• 枕まくら
  N2

  pillow; bolster

• 枕元まくらもと

  bedside; near one's pillow

• 枕草子まくらのそうし

  The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)

• 膝枕ひざまくら

  laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

• 枕木まくらぎ

  (railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstie

• 枕詞まくらことば

  pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature

• 夢枕ゆめまくら

  at the bedside where one dreams

• 草枕くさまくら

  overnight stay when traveling (travelling)

• 草枕くさまくら

  Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow

• 枕絵まくらえ

  erotic picture

• アイス枕アイスまくら

  ice pillow

• 仮枕かりまくら

  nap

• 低反発枕ていはんぱつまくら

  memory foam pillow

• 北枕きたまくら

  lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)

• 城を枕に討ち死にしろをまくらにうちじに

  fighting to the bitter end; going down with the ship; remaining in one's castle and fighting to the end

• 夢枕に立つゆめまくらにたつ

  to appear in one's dream (of a deity or deceased; to advise, admonish, etc.)

• 帯枕おびまくら

  oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

• 手枕てまくら

  using one's arm as a pillow; resting one's head on one's arm

• 抱き枕だきまくら

  body pillow; hug pillow

• 括り枕くくりまくら

  pillow stuffed with buckwheat chaff, rice husks or similar material

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