Lingaku首【くび】
Frequency rank: 606.
- neck
- head
- dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)word usually written using kana alonealso written as 馘
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 首【くび】【クビ】Frequency rank: 606.
- 頸【くび】【クビ】Frequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.
- 頚【くび】【クビ】
- くびFrequency rank: 52,627. – 54,043.
- クビFrequency rank: 22,786. – 22,911.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- neck
- head
- dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)
Refers to the part of the body that connects the head to the trunk, often used in both literal and figurative contexts.
Can refer to the upper part of the body containing the brain, often used in a more metaphorical sense to indicate leadership or authority.
Refers to the act of terminating someone's employment, often used in a formal context related to job loss.
He was dismissed from the company.
He was fired due to misconduct.
Generated collocations (experimental)
くびをふる首を振るto shake one's headくびをしめる首を絞めるto strangleくびをかしげる首を傾げるto tilt one's headくびをつっこむ首を突っ込むto interfere; to meddleくび首からした下from the neck downくび首がまわらない回らないto be in dire straits; to be unable to move (financially)くびをきられる首を切られるto be dismissed; to be firedくびをすくめる首をすくめるto shrug one's shouldersいちばんしゅい首位the top position; the leaderながい長いくび首long neckくび首のいた痛みneck pain
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう【くび頸きごう（けい頚きごう）きごう】どう胴とあたま頭をつなぐ、くびれたぶぶん部分．.
- けいぶ頸部とあたま頭のそうしょう総称．.またうちとった討ち取ったあかし証としてのあたま頭．.
- もの物をひと人にみたてた見立てたときのくび首にあたるぶぶん部分．.もの物のじょうぶ上部にあるくびれたぶぶん部分．.
- きごう【くび馘、しばしば、かくしゅ馘首にあてる当てるきごう】きごう（えど江戸き期いぜん以前のしょけい処刑ほうほう方法からのひゆ比喩きごう「くびをきる首を切るきごう」からきごう）しごとをやめさせる仕事をやめさせること．.しょく職をとく解くこと．.
- さんしょう参照きごう:ふくをきる腹を切る
- あおき青木っきごう！ てめえのうらぎり裏切りが、ぼくとう僕等よんにん四人をかくしゅ馘首にしただけじゃねえってことを、よくみて見ておけ置け．.ここにこうしてしんでいる死んでいるおんな女は、ぼく僕がくびきり首切りちん賃をわけてやったおんな女だ．.きごう（ささき佐左木としろう俊郎きごう『きかんしゃ機関車きごう』きごう）
- きごう（ごぎ語義よん4よりきごう）しょく職などいってい一定のちい地位についていること．.
Example sentences
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I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
I got the sack but I've a little saved up, so for the time being I won't be troubled by living expenses.
My friend shook his head as much as to say "impossible".
She was fired on the grounds that she was often absent.
She stood silently, her head tilted slightly to one side.
His answer to her being late was to fire her.
The Stars must be kicking themselves for giving him the boot.