膝枕

Japanese
Kanji in this term
膝 枕
ひざ
Grade: S		 まくら
Grade: S
kun’yomi
膝枕

Etymology

膝(ひざ) (hiza, “knee”) + 枕(まくら) (makura, “pillow”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ひざま​くら [hìzámáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiza̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

膝(ひざ)枕(まくら) • (hizamakura) 

  1. a position in which one lying person pillows the head on another sitting person's thighs

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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