Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “首”

首

くび

neck

Example sentence

Its neck and head were very soft.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

首
On
しゅ
Kun
くび
Stroke count
9

・neck

・counter for songs and poems

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Related words to 首

49 related words

首班

しゅはん

→

head;leader;prime minister

首位

しゅい

→

first place;head position;leading position

首謀

しゅぼう

→

plotting;planning (crime, intrigue)

首脳部

しゅのうぶ

→

executives;top management;governing body

首相

しゅしょう

→

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

首長

しゅちょう

→

head (of organization, organisation);chief

首飾り

くびかざり

→

necklace;choker

首尾

しゅび

→

beginning and end;from beginning to end

首脳

しゅのう

→

head;leader;top

首領

しゅりょう

→

head;chief;boss;leader

首都

しゅと

→

capital (city);metropolis

首都圏

しゅとけん

→

Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

首

くび

→

head

首謀

しゅぼう

→

ringleader;mastermind;leader (of a plot)

首長

しゅちょう

→

sheikh;emir

首都圏

しゅとけん

→

metropolitan area (of a capital)

首脳

しゅのう

→

important part

首尾

しゅび

→

result;outcome;course of events

首

くび

→

dismissal (from a job);firing;sacking

首尾

しゅび

→

dealing with something successfully

首席

しゅせき

→

head;chief

首席

しゅせき

→

top student;head of the class

首席

しゅせき

→

top seat;first desk (in orchestra)

首輪

くびわ

→

(animal) collar

首級

しゅきゅう

→

decapitated head of an enemy

首筋

くびすじ

→

nape of the neck;back of the neck;scruff of the neck

首切り

くびきり

→

decapitation;beheading

首輪

くびわ

→

necklace;choker

首切り

くびきり

→

firings;dismissals;layoffs;downsizing

首切り

くびきり

→

small samurai sword used for decapitation

首唱

しゅしょう

→

advocacy;promotion

首

しゅ

→

counter for songs and poems

首

かしら

→

head (of a doll)

首を縮める

くびをちぢめる

→

to duck one's head

首ったけ

くびったけ

→

deeply in love with;madly in love with;heads over heels in love with;to be crazy about

首を落とす

くびをおとす

→

to behead;to decapitate

首を縦に振る

くびをたてにふる

→

to nod one's head;to nod yes;to agree

首っ引き

くびっぴき

→

making constant reference to

首っ玉

くびったま

→

the neck

首を取る

くびをとる

→

to decapitate;to take (someone's) head off

首を突っ込む

くびをつっこむ

→

to poke one's nose into another's affairs;to have a hand in;to take a (deep) interest in;to meddle in

首を長くする

くびをながくする

→

to eagerly look forward to

首を絞める

くびをしめる

→

to wring the neck;to strangle

首をくくる

くびをくくる

→

to hang oneself;to strangle oneself

首なし

くびなし

→

headless;decapitated

首にする

くびにする

→

to fire (from a job);to sack;to dismiss

首がすわる

くびがすわる

→

to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)

首になる

くびになる

→

to be sacked;to be fired;to be dismissed

首を揃える

くびをそろえる

→

to get together