| 首 | くび | (n) neck/(P)/ |
| 首が
絞まる | くびがしまる | (exp) to have one's neck wrung/ |
| 首っ引き | くびっぴき | (n) making constant reference to/ |
| 首っ玉 | くびったま | (n) the neck/ |
| 首っ
丈 | くびったけ | (adj-na,n) up to the neck/complete
devotion/ |
| 首にする | くびにする | (exp,vs) to fire
from a job/ |
| 首になる | くびになる | (exp) to be
beheaded/to be fired/to be dismissed/ |
| 首をか
しげる | くびをかしげる | (v1)
to incline one's head to the side in doubt/ |
| 首を括る | くびをくくる | (exp) to hang oneself/ |
| 首を傾ける | くびをかたむける | (exp) to incline one's head/ |
| 首を傾げる | くびをかしげる | (exp) to put one's head on one side/ |
| 首を絞める | くびをしめる | (exp) to wring the neck/to strangle/ |
| 首を縮める | くびをちぢめる | (v1) to duck one's head/ |
| 首を切る | くびをきる | (exp,v5) to behead/to fire from a job/ |
| 首を揃える | くびをそろえる | (exp) to get together/ |
| 首を長くして | くびをながくして | looking forward/expectantly/eagerly/ |
| 首位 | しゅい | (n) first place/head position/leading
position/(P)/ |
| 首位攻防戦 | しゅいこうぼうせん
| (n) game or series of games between the first
and second place teams (baseball)/ |
| 首位打者 | しゅいだしゃ | the leading hitter/ |
| 首魁 | しゅかい | (n) forerunner/ringleader/ |
| 首巻 | くびまき | (n) comforter/muffler/neckerchief/ |
| 首巻き | くびまき | (n) comforter/muffler/neckerchief/ |
| 首級 | しゅきゅう | (n) decapitated head of an enemy/ |
| 首筋 | くびすじ | (n) nape of the neck/back of the neck/scruff of the
neck/ |
| 首筋を違える | くびすじをちがえる
| (exp) to wrench one's neck/ |
| 首肯 | しゅこう | (n,vs) assent/consent/(P)/ |
| 首根っこ | くびねっこ | (n) the scruff or nape of the neck/ |
| 首座 | しゅざ | (n) seat of honor/head of the table/head/ |
| 首斬り | くびきり | (n)
firing/dismissal/decapitation/execution/ |
| 首実検 | くびじっけん
| (n) identifying a severed head/checking a
person's identity/ |
| 首狩り | くびかり | (n) headhunting/ |
| 首
狩り | くびがり | (n) headhunting/ |
| 首
唱 | しゅしょう | (n,vs) advocacy/promotion/(P)/ |
| 首唱者 | しゅしょうしゃ
| an advocate/ |
| 首将 | しゅしょう | (n) commander-in-chief/ |
| 首章 | しゅしょう | beginning of a book/ |
| 首飾り | くびかざり | (n) necklace/(P)/ |
| 首席 | しゅせき | (n) top seat/first desk (in orch.)/ |
| 首切り | くびきり | (n) firing/dismissal/decapitation/execution/ |
| 首相 | しゅしょう | (n) Prime Minister/(P)/ |
| 首相官邸 | しゅしょうかんてい | (n) prime minister's official residence/ |
| 首相兼外相 | しゅしょうけんがいしょ
う | Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister/(P)/ |
| 首足 | しゅそく | (n) head and legs/the body/ |
| 首題 | しゅだい | (n) the opening phrase of a letter or notice/ |
| 首長 | しゅちょう | (n) head (of organization)/ |
| 首吊り | くびつり | (n) hanging (by the neck)/ |
| 首都 | しゅと | (n) capital city/(P)/ |
| 首都圏 | しゅとけん
| (n) the Tokyo area (within 50 KM of Tokyo's
center)/(P)/ |
| 首脳 | しゅのう | (n) head/brains/(P)/ |
| 首脳会議 | しゅのうかいぎ | summit meeting/top-level conference/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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