Kanji
枕
kanji character
pillow
枕 kanji-枕 pillow
枕
Meaning
pillow
Readings
Kun'yomi
- まくら pillow
- まくら え erotic picture
- まくら ことば pillow word
On'yomi
- ちん せき bedding
- ちん とう bedside
- かい ちん bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism)
- しん
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Common Words
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枕 pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story)... -
枕 絵 erotic picture -
枕 詞 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface... -
枕 ことばpillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface... -
枕 言 葉 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface... -
枕 辺 bedside -
枕 元 bedside, near one's pillow -
枕 許 bedside, near one's pillow -
枕 もとbedside, near one's pillow -
枕 木 (railway) sleeper, (railroad) tie, crosstie -
枕 席 bedding, bed -
枕 頭 bedside -
枕 銭 pillow money, pillow tip, tip left by the pillow for the room maid -
枕 籍 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed... -
枕 藉 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed... -
枕 経 sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person, pillow sutra -
枕 飯 cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased -
仮 枕 nap -
歌 枕 place that is often written about in waka poetry, oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry -
独 枕 lonely in bed -
氷 枕 ice pillow -
北 枕 lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping), brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata) -
枕 捜 しbedroom theft or thief -
枕 探 しbedroom theft or thief -
腕 枕 using one's arms as a pillow -
肘 枕 resting one's head on one's arm or elbow - ひじ
枕 resting one's head on one's arm or elbow -
手 枕 using one's arm for a pillow -
膝 枕 laying one's head in someone's lap, using someone's lap for a pillow -
水 枕 water-filled pillow