枕pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
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枕元bedside; near one's pillow
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枕詞pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
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枕草子The Pillow Book (Heian-period collection of writings by Sei Shōnagon)
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膝枕laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
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枕木(railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstie
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夢枕at the bedside where one dreams
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草枕overnight stay when traveling (travelling); sleeping on grass in an open field
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草枕Kusamakura (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki); The Three-Cornered World; Grass Pillow
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北枕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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氷枕cooling pillow (often rubber)
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歌枕place that is often written about in waka poetry; oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry
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手枕using one's arm as a pillow; resting one's head on one's arm
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