枕（まくら）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: pillow
Example sentences
- この枕はやわらかくて気持ちいい。 — This pillow is soft and comfortable.
- 枕が高いとよく眠れない。 — I can't sleep well if the pillow is too high.
Idioms & proverbs containing “枕”
- 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
- 枕を濡らす (まくらをぬらす) — to cry in bed; to cry oneself to sleep; to weep secretly in bed; to moisten one's pillow (with one's tears)
- 枕を高くして眠る (まくらをたかくしてねむる) — to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear
- 枕を高くして寝る (まくらをたかくしてねる) — to sleep in peace; to sleep without fear
- 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; to rinse one's mouth with a rock and rest one's head in a river
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “枕” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)