かがみ
Meanings
Noun
1. mirror; looking-glass
2. barrel head
3. page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.
4. mirror-shaped mochi
Kanji used
mirror
Pitch accent
がみ
Top 2000
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
to be reflected in a mirror
hand-mirror
reflective water surface; reflecting water
opposite mirrors
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura Shogunate
to uncask; to open a barrel
panel; scene-panel; painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds
bathroom mirror; vanity mirror
nasal speculum
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
the eyes are the windows to the soul; the eye is the lamp of the body; (lit.) the eyes are the mirror of the heart
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
opposite mirrors
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period
small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period)
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
room behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare; greenroom (noh); (lit.) mirror room; hall of mirrors (at Versailles)
mirror stand
breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
one-way mirror
small ancient mirror tied with a cord
Metaplexis japonica
Examples (23 in total)
She stood in front of the mirror.
I'd like to buy a small mirror.
Mary looked at herself in the mirror.