dakimakura
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- daki (shortening)
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 抱き枕 (dakimakura), from 抱き (daki, “to embrace or cling”) + 枕 (makura, “pillow”).
Noun[edit]
dakimakura (plural dakimakura or dakimakuras)
- A body-length pillow, originating in Japan, which can be embraced or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
- 2004 February 6, Chris Kohler, “Getting in Bed With the Customer”, in Wired:
- These character-print dakimakura came into existence in the late '90s as a way for animé fans to get up close and personal with their cartoon sweethearts.
- 2010 March 12, “Man Weds Cushion”, in Daily Star, UK:
- Jin has fallen head over heels for a Japanese 'dakimakura' - or hugging pillow - showing a life sized cartoon of his favourite sexy anime cartoon character Fate Testarossa.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dakimakura.
Synonyms[edit]
- (body-length pillow): body pillow, Dutch wife, love pillow
Further reading[edit]
- dakimakura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
dakimakura