首
シュ
くび
neck; counter for songs and poems
Words
首が回らない
くびがまわらない
- being over one's head (in debt, etc.); being up to one's neck (in debt) exp id
- being unable to turn one's head exp
首をすくめる
くびをすくめる
- to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders exp v1
黥首
げいふ
- tattooing the forehead of a criminal (Edo-period punishment) n
雁首草
がんくびそう ガンクビソウ
- Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant) n uk
首都直下地震
しゅとちょっかじしん
- Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes n