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neck; head; dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking
head (of a doll)
counter for songs and poems
Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
head
eldest son; older brother, older sister; older person
office, official; chief, head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
decapitated head of an enemy
to nod, to bow one's head in assent, to agree
prime minister, chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.), premier
capital (city), metropolis
head, leader, top; important part
head (of organization, organisation), chief; sheikh, emir
beginning and end, from beginning to end; result, outcome, course of events; dealing with something successfully
head, chief; chairman, governor, president; top student, head of the class
head, chief, boss, leader
first place, head position, leading position
plotting, planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader, mastermind, leader (of a plot)
necklace, choker
head, leader, prime minister
advocacy, promotion
executives, top management, governing body
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
- 首筋くびすじ
nape of the neck, back of the neck, scruff of the neck
- 首輪くびわ
(animal) collar; necklace, choker
- 門出かどで
setting off (on a long journey), setting out, departure (e.g. for the front), leaving home; starting a new life, starting life anew
- 首肯しゅこう
assent, consent
- 首切りくびきり
decapitation, beheading; firings, dismissals, layoffs, downsizing; small samurai sword used for decapitation
- 首座しゅざ
seat of honor, seat of honour, head of the table, head
- 首吊りくびつり
hanging oneself, person who hanged themselves
- 首無しくびなし
headless
- 首塚くびづか
burial mound for severed heads
- 首府しゅふ
capital (city)
- 首振りくびふり
oscillating (e.g. fan, engine), nodding (e.g. doll)
- 首っ引きくびっぴき
making constant reference to
- 首魁しゅかい
forerunner, ringleader
- 首っ玉くびったま
the neck
- 首元くびもと
base of the throat, bottom of the neck
- 首縊りくびくくり
hanging oneself
- 首枷くびかせ
pillory, burden