北枕

きたまくら, キタマクラkitamakura

noun

  1. lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
  2. brown-lined puffer (Canthigaster rivulata)

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences