dakimakura

English

Alternative forms

• daki (shortening)

Etymology

From Japanese 抱き枕 (dakimakura), from 抱き (daki, “to embrace or cling”) + 枕 (makura, “pillow”).

Noun

dakimakura (plural dakimakura or dakimakuras)

A person holding a small dakimakura.

1. A body-length pillow, originating in Japan, which can be embraced or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
   • 2003 December 9, Ryan Ginstrom, “Re: Enterprising interviewee...”, in fj.life.in-japan‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I would follow that up with: "And then they raided his room at his parents' house where they found a Sailor Moon dakimakura and posters of Morning Musume plastering the walls" ...

   • 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

• (body-length pillow): body pillow, Dutch wife, love pillow

Further reading

• dakimakura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

dakimakura

1. Rōmaji transcription of だきまくら