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noun
1.
neck
2.
head
3.
dismissal, discharge, firing (from a job)(usually kana)(also written as 馘)
Other readings:
【くび】
【くび】
クビ

noun
prime minister, chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), premier

noun, no-adjective
capital city, metropolis

noun
1.
head, leader, top(esp. 首脳)
2.
important part(archaism)(esp. 主脳)
Other readings:
主脳【しゅのう】

noun
necklace, choker
Other readings:
頸飾り【くびかざり】
頚飾り【くびかざり】

noun
1.
(animal) collar
2.
necklace, choker
Other readings:
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)
Other readings:
首席【しゅせき】

noun, no-adjective
first place, head position, leading position
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
主謀【しゅぼう】

noun
executives, top management, governing body
Other readings:
主脳部【しゅのうぶ】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
head, leader, prime minister

noun
head, chief, boss, leader
Other readings:
主領【しゅりょう】

noun, auxillary suru verb
advocacy, promotion
Other readings:
首唱【しゅしょう】

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
to nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
首斬り【くびきり】

noun
nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
首級【しるし】
【しるし】

noun
Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)(archaism)
Other readings:
【おひと】
【おうと】

no-adjective
important stone in a construction
Other readings:
首石【おやいし】

noun
head (of a doll)

くび
kubigashimaru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to have one's neck wrung

くび
kubigasuwaru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)
Other readings:
首が据わる【くびがすわる】
首が座る【くびがすわる】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

expression, Godan-bu verb
to be sacked, to be dismissed(idiom )

くびまわ
kubigamawaranai
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
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
首狩り【くびがり】

Godan-ru verb
1.
to behead, to decapitate
2.
to fire, to dismiss
Other readings:
首斬る【くびきる】
馘る【くびきる】
剄る【くびきる】

noun
hanging oneself
Other readings:
首くくり【くびくくり】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
identifying a severed head
2.
checking a person's identity
Other readings:
首実験【くびじっけん】[1]
Notes:
  1. word containing irregular kanji usage

noun
burial mound for severed heads

noun
appearance of one's neck(archaism)
Other readings:
頸付き【くびつき】

na-adjective, noun
deeply in love with, madly in love with, heads over heels in love with, to be crazy about
Other readings:
首っ丈【くびったけ】
頸っ丈【くびったけ】

noun, auxillary suru verb
hanging (by the neck)
Other readings:
首つり【くびつり】

noun
kubinage, neck throw, head throw(sumo term)

noun, pre-noun adjectival
headless
Other readings:
首なし【くびなし】

expression, suru verb (irregular)
to fire from a job(usually kana)
Other readings:
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
Other readings:
くびになる《首に成る》
クビになる

くびかわいちまい
kubinokawaichimai
expression
still having a very small chance, still having a tiny shred of hope(idiom )

noun
head-twisting throw(sumo term)

noun
neckband (usu. ornamental), lanyard
Other readings:
首紐【くびひも】

noun
comforter, muffler, neckerchief, scarf, neckwear
See also:襟巻
Other readings:
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
around the neck, neck size (measurement)
Other readings:
首回り【くびまわり】

noun
base of the throat, bottom of the neck
Other readings:
頸元【くびもと】

noun
Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus), Ryukyu fruit bat(usually kana)
Other readings:
クビワオオコウモリ

noun
collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)(usually kana)
Other readings:
クビワペッカリー

くびあら
kubiwoarattematsu
expression, Godan-tsu verb
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)

くび
kubiwokashigeru
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
Other readings:
首を傾げる【くびをかしげる】

くびたむ
kubiwokatamukeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to incline one's head

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
Other readings:
首をくくる【くびをくくる】

くび
kubiwoshimeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to wring the neck, to strangle

expression, Ichidan verb
to duck one's head, to pull in one's head, to duck down, to shrug one's shoulders
Other readings:
首を竦める【くびをすくめる】

くびそろ
kubiwosoroeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to get together(obscure)

くびたて
kubiwotatenifuru
expression, Godan-ru verb
to nod one's head, to nod yes, to agree

くびちぢ
kubiwochijimeru
expression, Ichidan verb
to duck one's head

くび
kubiwotsukkomu
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)
Other readings:
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)
Other readings:
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 )
Other readings:
首をとる【くびをとる】

くびなが
kubiwonagakusuru
expression, suru verb (irregular)
to eagerly look forward to(idiom )
Other readings:
首をながくする【くびをながくする】

くび
kubiwohineru
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
Other readings:
首を捻る【くびをひねる】

expression, Godan-ru verb
to shake one's head
See also:頭を振る

expression, Godan-ru verb
to be hanged, to be struck dead, to eat one's hat(usu. figurative)

noun
leather strap put across a horse's neck(archaism)

noun
head
Other readings:
【かぶり】
【ず】
【つむり】
【つむ】
【つぶり】[1]
【かぶ】[1]
【こうべ】
Notes:
  1. out-dated or obsolete kana usage

こう
koubewotareru
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.
eldest son(archaism)
See also:長男
2.
older brother, older sister(archaism)
3.
older person(archaism)
4.
head of a clan, head of a region(archaism)
See also:氏上
5.
skilled craftsman(archaism)
Other readings:
【このかみ】
氏上【このかみ】

counter
counter for songs and poems

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》

しゅこうぼうせん
shuikoubousen
noun
game or series of games between the first and second place teams(sports term)

noun
abovementioned item, description at beginning of (this) text or document

noun, auxillary suru verb
assent, consent

noun
seat of honor, seat of honour, head of the table, head

noun
first proponent, initiator and advocate (e.g. of a theory)

noun
brightest star in a constellation, Alpha(astronomy term)

noun
being unable to make up one's mind, sitting on the fence
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