屏風

びょうぶ

folding screen

金屏風

きんびょうぶ きむびょうぶ

folding screen covered with gold leaf

屏風絵

びょうぶえ

picture drawn on a folding screen

屏風岩

びょうぶいわ

sheer cliff

南蛮屏風

なんばんびょうぶ

painted folding screen with scenes of early European visitors to Japan

屏居

へいきょ

living in retirement

藩屏

fence; bulwark; guarding wall

屏息

へいそく

bated breath, being cowed into silence

障屏

しょうへい

partitions in a Japanese house (e.g. screens, sliding doors, etc.)

屏禁

へいきん

solitary confinement

枕

まくら

pillow, bolster

重屏禁

じゅうへいきん

solitary confinement in a dark cell without bedding (for up to one week)

北枕

きたまくら キタマクラ

lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)

籠枕

かごまくら

pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

独枕

ひとりまくら どくまくら

lonely in bed

草枕

くさまくら

overnight stay when traveling (travelling)

開枕

かいちん

bringing out the pillows and futon (in zen buddhism)

夢枕

ゆめまくら

at the bedside where one dreams

旅枕

たびまくら

sleeping away from home