"pillow word" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pillow words [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 枕詞 (makurakotoba). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ja|枕詞|tr=makurakotoba}} Calque of Japanese 枕詞 (makurakotoba) Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: pillow word Categories (topical): Poetry Related terms: epithet Translations (poetic device): 枕詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 枕词 (zhěncí) (Chinese Mandarin), makurakotoba [masculine] (French), mot-oreiller [masculine] (French), épithète [feminine] (French), makura kotoba [masculine] (Italian), 枕詞 (makurakotoba) (Japanese), 마쿠라코토바 (makurakotoba) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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