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枕まくら
pillow, bolster
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枕頭ちんとう
bedside
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枕辺まくらべ
bedside
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枕席ちんせき
bedding, bed
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枕絵まくらえ
erotic picture
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枕元まくらもと
bedside, near one's pillow
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枕木まくらぎ
(railway) sleeper, (railroad) tie, crosstie
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枕銭まくらぜに
pillow money, pillow tip, tip left by the pillow for the room maid
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枕飯まくらめし
cooked rice placed at the bedside or grave of the deceased
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枕経まくらぎょう
sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person, pillow sutra
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枕詞まくらことば
pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature
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仮枕かりまくら
nap
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箱枕はこまくら
pillow with a box-shaped wooden base
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歌枕うたまくら
place that is often written about in waka poetry
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独枕ひとりまくら
lonely in bed
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氷枕こおりまくら
cold compress, ice pack, ice pillow
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北枕きたまくら
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
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腕枕うでまくら
using one's arms as a pillow
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肘枕ひじまくら
resting one's head on one's arm or elbow
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手枕てまくら
using one's arm for a pillow
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膝枕ひざまくら
laying one's head in someone's lap, using someone's lap for a pillow
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水枕みずまくら
water-filled pillow
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草枕くさまくら
overnight stay when traveling (travelling)
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波枕なみまくら
sleeping while on a sea voyage, falling asleep to the sound of the ocean
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夢枕ゆめまくら
at the bedside where one dreams
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高枕たかまくら
high pillow
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旅枕たびまくら
sleeping away from home
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新枕にいまくら
bridal bed
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楫枕かじまくら
voyage
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帯枕おびまくら
oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller
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箸枕はしまくら
chopstick rest
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籠枕かごまくら
pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)
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菊枕きくまくら
pillow stuffed with chrysanthemum petals (allegedly good for headaches)
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開枕かいちん
bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism), sleeping
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陶枕とうちん
porcelain pillow (used in summer)
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木枕きまくら
wooden pillow
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首枕くびまくら
neck pillow
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種枕しゅちん
caruncle, strophiole
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草枕くさまくら
Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki), The Three-Cornered World, Grass Pillow
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枕投げまくらなげ
pillow fight
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枕叩きまくらたたき
pillow fight
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枕屏風まくらびょうぶ
bed(side) screen
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枕捜しまくらさがし
bedroom theft or thief
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枕飾りまくらかざり
temporary altar at the bedside of a deceased person
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枕営業まくらえいぎょう
trading sexual favours (for career advancement, etc.)
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枕団子まくらだんご
small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased
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枕芸者まくらげいしゃ
(untalented) geisha who sells sex
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枕草子まくらのそうし
The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
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枕返しまくらがえし
makuragaeshi, monster that flips pillows over at night
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括り枕くくりまくら
pillow stuffed with buckwheat chaff, rice husks or similar material