首
シュ
くび
neck; counter for songs and poems
Words
真綿で首を絞める
まわたでくびをしめる
- to drag things out; to creep up slowly on the point; to strangle (execute) slowly with a silk cord (instead of quickly with a rope) exp v1
自分の首を絞める
じぶんのくびをしめる
- to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat exp v1
首相指名選挙
しゅしょうしめいせんきょ
- vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister exp n
ろくろっ首
ろくろっくび
- rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) n
首切る
くびきる
- to behead; to decapitate v5r
- to fire; to dismiss v5r