Kanji Details:
- 枕
- Frequency:2084
- Kun: まくら
- On: チン, シン
- Meaning: pillow
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 枕 まくら pillow, bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in 枕詞 まくらことば poetic epithet or convention 枕絵 まくらえ erotic picture 仮枕 かりまくら nap 歌枕 うたまくら oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry 独枕 ひとりまくら lonely in bed 氷枕 こおりまくら ice pillow 北枕 きたまくら lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) 枕辺 まくらべ bedside 枕捜し まくらさがし bedroom theft or thief