Meaning of 首 in Japanese
Definition of 首
- (n) head
- mind; brain; intellect
- top
- hair (on one's head)
- bangs; fringe
- top structural component of a kanji
- (ctr) counter for songs and poems
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(n) office; official
私の大学には寮があります。
My university has a dorm. - chief; head
- (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
- (n) Obito (hereditary title, often given to powerful regional families)
Words related to 首
- (n) sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck; gooseneck
- (n) round-necked (T-shirt)
- (n) falsified severed head
- (n) (something resembling a) goose's neck
- glans; head of a penis
- (n) head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
- neck; head
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(n) nose (of plane)
敵は機首を反転して我々の方向に向けた。
The enemy's plane suddenly turned toward us.
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(n) nape of neck
男は彼のえり首をつかんだ。
The man seized him by the neck.
- (n) ruler; sovereign
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(n) death by hanging
小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。
As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
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(n) gallows
罪人は絞首台に送られた。
The criminal was sent to the gallows.
