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首くび
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Meanings
Noun
1. neck
2. head
3. dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking (Usually kana)
Kanji used
首neck
Pitch accent
くび
Used in vocabulary
縛しばり首くび
(death by) hanging
Noun
首くび切きり
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing; small samurai sword used for decapitation
Noun
首くび吊つり
hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves
Noun
首くび飾かざり
necklace; choker
Noun
首くび根ねっこ
scruff of the neck
Noun
さらし首くび
criminal's head on public display (Edo period); displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
Noun
首くび狩かり
headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
Noun
首くび狩がり
headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
Noun
首くび実じっ検けん
checking someone's identity; identification (of a suspect)
Noun
首くび巻まき
scarf; muffler
Noun
思し案あん投なげ首くび
being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)
Noun
投なげ首くび
being at a loss
Noun
Examples51
Its neck and head were very soft.
The bird dipped its head into the water.
Your job hangs by a thread.
You're fired.
Who will bell the cat?
I can't turn my neck, because it hurts a lot.