Definition of 首切り (くびきり)

くび

首切り

くびきり

kubikiri

noun
1.
decapitation, beheading
2.
firings, dismissals, layoffs, downsizing
3.
small samurai sword used for decapitation
Other readings:
首斬り【くびきり】
Related Kanji
neck, counter for songs and poems
cut, cutoff, be sharp
beheading, kill, murder
Example sentences(showing 2 results)

The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers

ていちんぎん
低賃金
れつあく
劣悪な
ろうどうじょうけ
労働条件
いっぽうてき
一方的な
くび
首切り
けいざい
経済
ろうどうもんだい
労働問題
かくしゅ
各種
じんどうてき
人道的
もんだい
問題
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination