N1Noun
膝枕
ひざまくら
Meaning
- 1.laying one's head in someone's lap
- 2.using someone's lap for a pillow
Meanings across languages
- English
- laying one's head in someone's lap, using someone's lap for a pillow
- Tiếng Việt
- đầu gối ai đó, dùng lòng gối làm gối
- 日本語
- 膝枕, ひざまくら
- 한국어
- 무릎 베개
- 中文
- 膝枕, 以膝为枕
- Bahasa Indonesia
- meletakkan kepala di pangkuan seseorang
- ภาษาไทย
- วางศีรษะบนตักของใครบางคน
- Español
- recostar la cabeza en el regazo de alguien
- Français
- poser la tête sur les genoux de quelqu'un
- Deutsch
- den Kopf auf jemanden's Schoß legen
- Português
- deitar a cabeça no colo de alguém
Kanji used
Related words
枕捜し
まくらさがし
bedroom theft or thief
N1枕絵
まくらえ
erotic picture
N1枕詞
まくらことば
pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature
N1仮枕
かりまくら
nap
N1歌枕
うたまくら
place that is often written about in waka poetry, oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
N1独枕
ひとりまくら
lonely in bed
N1氷枕
こおりまくら
cooling pillow (often rubber)
N1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 (Canthigaster rivulata)
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