pillow word

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese 枕詞 (makurakotoba).

Noun

pillow word (plural pillow words)

1. In Japanese waka poetry, a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else.

Translations

poetic device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 枕詞／枕词 (zh) (zhěncí)

• French: makurakotoba m, mot-oreiller m, épithète (fr) f
• Italian: makura kotoba m
• Japanese: 枕詞 (ja) (makurakotoba)
• Korean: 마쿠라코토바 (makurakotoba)

See also

• epithet