mirror; looking glass
The ordinary everyday word for a reflective mirror, from a bathroom mirror to a small hand mirror.
I fixed my hair in the mirror before going out.
This mirror makes the room look larger.
barrel head; cask head
Specialized use for the flat circular end or lid of a barrel or cask, especially familiar in contexts such as sake-cask opening.
At a sake-cask opening ceremony, the barrel head is broken with wooden mallets.
document cover sheet; front summary page
Technical business or finance-related use for a page placed at the beginning of a document, listing information such as purpose, date, and author.
I entered the preparation date and the person in charge on the cover sheet of the accounting documents.
mirror-shaped mochi; kagami mochi
Abbreviation of 鏡餅; limited to New Year decoration or offering contexts where the mochi is already understood.
See also: 鏡餅 (かがみもち)
When talking about New Year decorations, 鏡 can sometimes refer to kagami mochi.
Before heading out, I checked myself in the mirror and fixed my appearance.
At the celebration, they opened the head of the sake barrel.
The mirror fogged up while I was taking a bath.
I accidentally broke a mirror and felt it was bad luck.
panel; scene-panel · painted pine-tree backdrop (Noh stage)
cutting the New Year's rice cake; kagami-biraki (Jan 11) · breaking open a sake cask; ceremonial sake barrel opening
fringe bell; fringed galax
handled mirror; traditional mirror with a handle
small ancient mirror tied with a cord
Metaplexis japonica
nasal speculum
makeup mirror; vanity mirror; bathroom mirror
pocket mirror
one-way mirror; two-way mirror
noh greenroom; mirror room (noh) · Hall of Mirrors (Versailles)
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel