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首(P); 頸; 頚【くび(P); クビ】 (n) (1) neck; (2) head; (3) unemployed person; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW]
     (1) その首と頭部はとてもやわらかかった。 Its neck and head were very soft.[Amend]
     (2) うちのチームが君のところのチームに負けるようなことが、万が一にもあれば、僕は首をやる。 I'll eat my hat if, by some chance, my team loses to yours.[Amend]
     (3) あなたの首は風前のともし火だ。 Your job hangs by a thread.[Amend]

首飾り(P); 頸飾り; 頚飾り【くびかざり】 (n) necklace; choker; (P) [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][JW] [L][G][GI][S][A]
彼女は高価な首飾りをしています。 She is wearing an expensive necklace.[Amend]

首枷【くびかせ】 (n) pillory; burden [Edit][L][G][GI][S][A][JW]

頸上; 首紙; 首上; 頸紙【くびかみ】 (n) (See 上頸) neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing) [Edit][G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A]

首狩り【くびかり; くびがり】 (n) headhunting [Edit][L][G][GI][S][A][W]

首が絞まる【くびがしまる】 (exp,v5r) to have one's neck wrung [Edit] [V][L][G][GI][S][A]

首が座る(iK); 首がすわる; 首が据わる【くびがすわる】 (exp,v5r) to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby) [Edit] [V][G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A] [G][GI][S][A]

首が飛ぶ【くびがとぶ】 (exp,v5b) to be sacked; to be dismissed [Edit] [V][G][GI][S][A]

頸木; 軛; 衡【くびき】 (n) yoke [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][W] [L][G][GI][S][A][JW]
牛にくびきをかけすきにつなぎなさい。 Yoke the oxen to the plow.[Amend]

首切り; 首斬り【くびきり】 (n) (1) (sens) decapitation; beheading; (2) firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing; (3) small samurai sword used for decapitation [Edit][Ex][L][G][GI][S][A][W] [JW] [L][G][GI][S][A][JW]
(2) オーナーたちは組合のシンパを一人残らず解雇するために首切り役を投入した。 The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.[Amend]

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