膝枕

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

膝枕 (hiragana ひざまくら, rōmaji hizamakura)

  1. when one person sits in the seiza position and the other person uses their lap as a pillow

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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