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Search Terms: *首*
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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
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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
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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
1.
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu, classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets(art)
2.
hyakunin isshu karuta, hyakunin isshu poetry cards
See also:かるた
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
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decapitated head of an enemy
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首級【しるし】
、首【しるし】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
going into a huddle
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きゅう首【きゅうしゅ】
expression, noun
•
taoiseach, prime minister of Ireland
noun
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red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus), Bennett's wallaby(usually kana)
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アカクビワラビー
noun
1.
silver white croaker (Pennahia argentata), silver croaker, white croaker(usually kana)
See also:白口 (しろぐち)
2.
3.
vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus), Indian perch, coral fish(usually kana)
See also:天竺鯛 (てんじくだい)
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いしもち《石首魚》
、イシモチ
noun
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beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
noun
•
Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
expression, na-adjective
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triumphant (over a mediocre achievement), boastful, as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
noun
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首【おひと】
、首【おうと】
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
dismissal, discharge
2.
beheading, decapitation(orig. meaning)
expression, Godan-tsu verb
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to wait expectantly, to be full of anticipation, to long for
noun
•
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck
expression, Ichidan verb
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to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
noun
1.
head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
2.
neck, head(colloquialism)
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がん首【がんくび】
noun
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Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)(usually kana)
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ガンクビソウ
expression, Ichidan verb
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to sit silently at a meeting
See also:雁首を揃える
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雁首そろえる【がんくびそろえる】
、がん首そろえる【がんくびそろえる】
expression, Ichidan verb
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to sit silently at a meeting
See also:雁首揃える
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雁首を揃える【がんくびをそろえる】
、がん首をそろえる【がんくびをそろえる】
noun
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chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
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貫主【かんしゅ】
、貫首【かんじゅ】
、貫首【かんしゅ】
noun
•
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over)(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
put heads together and confer, convene and discuss, go into a huddle (over)(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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go into a huddle (over), hold a secret conference (about), put heads together and conspire(yojijukugo)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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going into a huddle (over), holding secret (closed-door) conference (about), laying heads together in secret consultation(yojijukugo)
expression
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there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes, even new shoes must not be worn on the head(proverb)
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沓新しと雖も首に加えず【くつあたらしといえどもくびにくわえず】
expression, Godan-ru verb
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus), Ryukyu fruit bat(usually kana)
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クビワオオコウモリ
noun
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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
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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】