N1Noun
肘枕
ひじまくら
Meaning
- 1.resting one's head on one's arm or elbow
Meanings across languages
- English
- resting one's head on one's arm or elbow
- Tiếng Việt
- dựa đầu lên cánh tay hoặc khuỷu tay
- 日本語
- 腕や肘に頭を乗せる
- 한국어
- 팔이나 팔꿈치에 머리를 기댄다
- 中文
- 头靠在手臂或肘部
- Bahasa Indonesia
- meletakkan kepala
- ภาษาไทย
- การพักหัวบนแขน
- Español
- reposar la cabeza
- Français
- repos de la tête
- Deutsch
- Kopfstütze
- Português
- repousar a cabeça
Kanji used
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