Words — 68 found
まくらことば
枕詞
1. pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literatureLinguistics
2. preface; introduction
枕言葉 【まくらことば】
1. erotic picture
1. (railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstieRailway
2. Makuragi
うたまくら
歌枕
1. place that is often written about in waka poetry
2. oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
3. UtamakuraUtamakura is a rhetorical concept in Japanese poetry.
まくらのそうし
枕草子
1. The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)
枕の草子 【まくらのそうし】、枕草紙 【まくらのそうし】
枕草紙: Irregular kanji usage.
きたまくら
北枕
1. lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
2. brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)Usually written using kana alone
キタマクラ