Word Meaning 枕団子

まくらだんご makuradango

枕団子 is read as まくらだんご (makuradango) and means small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased.

Meaning

English

small sweet rice cakes placed at the bedside of the deceased

Reading

Kana

まくらだんご

Romaji

makuradango

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 153501 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

枕草子

まくらのそうし

The Pillow Book (by Sei Shonagon)

団子

だんご

ball-shaped object

月見団子

つきみだんご

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

ごま団子

ごまだんご

goma dango

土団子

つちだんご

mud pie

花見団子

はなみだんご

dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

三色団子

さんしょくだんご

tricolor dango eaten during cherry blossom viewing (esp. pink, white, and green)

団子状態

だんごじょうたい

being bunched up together

原子団

げんしだん

group (of atoms)

お団子ヘア

おだんごへあ

bun (hairstyle)

お団子頭

おだんごあたま

bun (hairstyle)

枕

まくら

introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story)