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noun
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sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck
noun
1.
head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
2.
neck, head(colloquialism)
Other readings:
がん首【がんくび】
noun
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chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
Other readings:
貫主【かんしゅ】
、貫首【かんじゅ】
、貫首【かんしゅ】
noun
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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
noun
1.
2.
older brother, older sister(archaism)
3.
older person(archaism)
4.
5.
skilled craftsman(archaism)
Other readings:
首【このかみ】
、氏上【このかみ】
noun
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criminal's head on public display, displaying a beheaded head, beheaded head
Other readings:
晒し首【さらしくび】
、曝し首【さらしくび】
、晒首【さらしくび】
、曝首【さらしくび】
noun
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being at one's wit's end, being (quite) at a loss (what to do)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
思案投げ首【しあんなげくび】
noun
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woman who puts thick white powder on her neck, low class prostitute(derogatory)
Other readings:
白首【しらくび】
noun
1.
office, official(archaism)(usu. 官,司,寮)
2.
chief, head(usu. 首,長)
3.
(Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies(only relevant for 司)
Other readings:
司【つかさ】
、寮【つかさ】
、首【つかさ】
、長【つかさ】
noun
1.
item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle)
2.
long-necked person
Other readings:
つる首【つるくび】
、鶴頸【つるくび】
、鶴頚【つるくび】
noun
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skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death), death's head, cranium(usually kana)
Other readings:
しゃれこうべ《髑髏》
、しゃれこうべ《曝首》
、されこうべ《髑髏》
、されこうべ《曝首》
、しゃりこうべ《髑髏》
、しゃりこうべ《曝首》
、ドクロ
、シャレコウベ
、サレコウベ
noun
1.
respectfully yours(honorific language)(formula at the end of a letter)
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
kowtowing, kowtow(orig. meaning)
Other readings:
頓首【とんじゅ】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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being at a complete loss as to what to do, being at one's wit's end, being at a loss for an answer(yojijukugo)
noun
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rokurokubi, long-neck woman, monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)
Other readings:
轆轤首【ろくろくび】