枕
- Meaning
- pillow
- On reading
- チン | シン
- Kun reading
- まくら
- Nanori
- —
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 75
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT
- —
- Frequency
- 2084
Stroke order
Words using 枕
- 枕 まくら — pillow
- 枕絵 まくらえ — erotic picture
- 枕詞 まくらことば — pillow word
- 仮枕 かりまくら — nap
- 歌枕 うたまくら — place that is often written about in waka poetry
- 独枕 ひとりまくら — lonely in bed
- 氷枕 こおりまくら — cooling pillow (often rubber)
- 北枕 きたまくら — lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
- 枕辺 まくらべ — bedside
- 枕捜し まくらさがし — bedroom theft or thief
- 腕枕 うでまくら — using one's arms as a pillow
- 空気枕 くうきまくら — air cushion
- 肘枕 ひじまくら — resting one's head on one's arm or elbow
- 手枕 てまくら — using one's arm as a pillow
- 膝枕 ひざまくら — laying one's head in someone's lap
- 水枕 みずまくら — water-filled pillow
- 括り枕 くくりまくら — pillow stuffed with buckwheat chaff, rice husks or similar material
- 箱枕 はこまくら — pillow with a box-shaped wooden base
- 枕元 まくらもと — bedside
- 枕木 まくらぎ — (railway) sleeper
- 枕屏風 まくらびょうぶ — bed(side) screen
- 枕席 ちんせき — bedding
- 枕頭 ちんとう — bedside
- 波枕 なみまくら — sleeping while on a sea voyage
- 夢枕 ゆめまくら — at the bedside where one dreams
- 高枕 たかまくら — high pillow
- 草枕 くさまくら — overnight stay when traveling (travelling)
- 旅枕 たびまくら — sleeping away from home
- 新枕 にいまくら — bridal bed
- 枕投げ まくらなげ — pillow fight
- 枕流漱石 ちんりゅうそうせき — sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
- 漱石枕流 そうせきちんりゅう — sore loser who stubbornly refuses to admit being wrong
- 楫枕 かじまくら — voyage
- 枕草子 まくらのそうし — The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
- 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.)
- 石に漱ぎ流れに枕す いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす — to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong
- 帯枕 おびまくら — oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller
- 箸枕 はしまくら — chopstick rest
- 枕草紙 まくらぞうし — private diary
- 枕カバー まくらカバー — pillowcase