独ひとり枕まくら

noun

sleeping alone; lonely bed

Literary or poetic term for the loneliness of sleeping alone, often implying a sense of solitude or longing. Rare in everyday conversation.

• 旅たび先さきで独ひとり枕まくらをかこつ夜よるは、故こ郷きょうが恋こいしくなる。

  On nights when I sleep alone on a journey, I grow homesick.