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noun
1.
neck
2.
head
3.
dismissal, discharge, firing (from a job)(usually kana)(also written as 馘)
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頸【くび】
、頚【くび】
、クビ
noun
•
prime minister, chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), premier
noun
1.
head, leader, top(esp. 首脳)
2.
important part(archaism)(esp. 主脳)
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主脳【しゅのう】
noun
1.
(animal) collar
2.
necklace, choker
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頸環【くびわ】
、頸輪【くびわ】
、頚輪【くびわ】
noun, no-adjective
1.
head, chief
noun
2.
chairman, governor, president(only relevant for 主席)
3.
top student, head of the class(only relevant for 首席)
4.
top seat, first desk (in orchestra)
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首席【しゅせき】
noun, no-adjective
•
first place, head position, leading position
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主位【しゅい】
noun
•
the capital city (often Tokyo) area (typically within 50 km of city's centre) (center)
noun
1.
head (of organization, organisation), chief
2.
sheikh, emir
noun
1.
plotting, planning (crime, intrigue)
2.
ringleader, mastermind, leader (of a plot)
See also:首謀者
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主謀【しゅぼう】
noun
•
executives, top management, governing body
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主脳部【しゅのうぶ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
advocacy, promotion
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首唱【しゅしょう】
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
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to nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree
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頷く【うなづく】
、肯く【うなずく】
、肯く【うなづく】
、首肯く【うなずく】
、首肯く【うなづく】
、点頭く【うなずく】
、点頭く【うなづく】
noun
1.
beginning and end, from beginning to end
2.
result, outcome, course of events
noun, auxillary suru verb
3.
dealing with something successfully
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war), departure, setting out(also has an archaic reading of かどいで)
2.
starting a new life, starting life anew
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首途【かどで】
、首途【しゅと】
noun
1.
decapitation, beheading
2.
firings, dismissals, layoffs, downsizing
3.
small samurai sword used for decapitation
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首斬り【くびきり】
noun
•
nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck
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頚筋【くびすじ】
、頸筋【くびすじ】
、首すじ【くびすじ】
noun
•
decapitated head of an enemy
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首級【しるし】
、首【しるし】
noun
•
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首【おひと】
、首【おうと】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)
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首が据わる【くびがすわる】
、首が座る【くびがすわる】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
expression
1.
being over one's head (in debt, etc.), being up to one's neck (in debt)(idiom )
2.
being unable to turn one's head
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首がまわらない【くびがまわらない】
noun
•
neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
See also:上頸
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首紙【くびかみ】
、首上【くびかみ】
、頸紙【くびかみ】
noun
•
headhunting, collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies
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首狩り【くびがり】
Godan-ru verb
1.
to behead, to decapitate
2.
to fire, to dismiss
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首斬る【くびきる】
、馘る【くびきる】
、剄る【くびきる】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
identifying a severed head
2.
checking a person's identity
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首実験【くびじっけん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
na-adjective, noun
•
deeply in love with, madly in love with, heads over heels in love with, to be crazy about
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首っ丈【くびったけ】
、頸っ丈【くびったけ】
expression, suru verb (irregular)
•
to fire from a job(usually kana)
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クビにする
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to be sacked, to be fired, to be dismissed(usually kana)
2.
to be beheaded
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くびになる《首に成る》
、クビになる
expression
•
still having a very small chance, still having a tiny shred of hope(idiom )
noun
•
comforter, muffler, neckerchief, scarf, neckwear
See also:襟巻
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首巻【くびまき】
、頸巻き【くびまき】
、頸巻【くびまき】
、頚巻き【くびまき】
、頚巻【くびまき】
、首まき【くびまき】
noun
•
Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus), Ryukyu fruit bat(usually kana)
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クビワオオコウモリ
noun
•
collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)(usually kana)
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クビワペッカリー
expression, Godan-tsu verb
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to wait for one's punishment, to wait before one gets what's coming to one, to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)(idiom )(usu. in the imperative, as a threat)
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt), to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion), to be puzzled
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首を傾げる【くびをかしげる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to fire from a job, to dismiss, to discharge
2.
to behead
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to hang oneself, to strangle oneself
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首をくくる【くびをくくる】
expression, Ichidan verb
•
to duck one's head, to pull in one's head, to duck down, to shrug one's shoulders
See also:竦める (すくめる)
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首を竦める【くびをすくめる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to nod one's head, to nod yes, to agree
expression, Godan-mu verb
1.
to poke one's nose into another's affairs, to have a hand in, to take a (deep) interest in, to meddle in
2.
to poke one's head (into a room)
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首をつっこむ【くびをつっこむ】
、首を突っこむ【くびをつっこむ】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to hang (e.g. oneself)
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首をつる【くびをつる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
1.
to decapitate, to take (someone's) head off
2.
to depose, to topple(idiom )
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首をとる【くびをとる】
expression, suru verb (irregular)
•
to eagerly look forward to(idiom )
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首をながくする【くびをながくする】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to cock one's head in puzzlement, to tilt one's head in contemplation, to wrack one's brain, to think hard
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首を捻る【くびをひねる】
expression, Godan-ru verb
•
to be hanged, to be struck dead, to eat one's hat(usu. figurative)
noun
•
head
Other readings:
頭【かぶり】
、頭【ず】
、頭【つむり】
、頭【つむ】
、頭【つぶり】[1]
、頭【かぶ】[1]
、首【こうべ】
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
2.
to bow one's head, to hang one's head
Other readings:
頭をたれる【こうべをたれる】
、こうべを垂れる【こうべをたれる】
、首を垂れる【こうべをたれる】
、首をたれる【こうべをたれる】
noun
1.
2.
older brother, older sister(archaism)
3.
older person(archaism)
4.
5.
skilled craftsman(archaism)
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首【このかみ】
、氏上【このかみ】
noun
•
Shudra, Sudra (member of India's worker caste)(usually kana)
Other readings:
シュダラ《首陀羅》
、スダラ《首陀羅》
、スードラ《首陀羅》
noun
•
game or series of games between the first and second place teams(sports term)
noun
•
prime minister also serving as foreign minister
noun
•
system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
expression, noun
•
vote by the Diet to appoint the prime minister