► 成句
首 [(2)くび] [首が飛ぶ] [coll] meaning: dismiss rank: 2
☆ この様子だと経営陣の首が飛ぶだろう ⇨ At this rate the heads of the management will fly, they will be axed
首 [(2)くび] [首を傾げる] meaning: confuse rank: 3
☆ 彼はそれを聞いて首を傾げた ⇨ He heard that and tilted his head (in perplexity) (☛ A common gesture of confusion in Asia)
首 [(2)くび] [首を絞める] meaning: damage rank: 3
☆ そんなことをしたら自分で自分の首を絞めることになる ⇨ If you do that you end up strangling/hurting yourself (☛ A common metaphorical expression of hurting your own benefits/chances)
首 [(2)くび] [首を長くして] meaning: eager rank: 3
☆ 子供達は夏休みを首を長くして待っている ⇨ Kids are waiting for summer vacation with long necks, eagerly (☛ As if you stretch your neck to see if you can see something coming in the distance)
首 [(2)くび] [首を突っ込む] meaning: interfere rank: 3
☆ 他人の事に首を突っ込むな ⇨ Don’t stick your neck, nose, into other people’s business (☛ Not “stick your neck out = risk yourself”)
首 [(2)くび] [首が回らない] meaning: trouble rank: 4
☆ 彼は借金で首が回らなくなっている ⇨ He cannot turn his neck because of debt. He is in deep trouble
► 名詞
首 [(2)くび] meaning: neck rank: 1
☆ 首を捻ってしまって痛い ⇨ I sprained my neck and it hurts
首 [(2)くび] [首が座る] meaning: neck rank: 1
☆ 赤ちゃんは未だ首が座らない ⇨ The baby’s neck is not stable yet
首 [(2)くび] [首を絞める] meaning: strangle rank: 1
☆ 犯人は被害者の首を絞めて殺した ⇨ The perpetrator strangled the victim and killed
首 [(2)くび] [coll] meaning: dismiss rank: 2
☆ お前は首だ ⇨ You’re fired
☆ 彼は仕事を首になった ⇨ He’s got fired from his job
首 [(2)くび] [首にする] [coll] meaning: dismiss rank: 2
☆ 会社は彼を首にした ⇨ The company fired him
首 [(2)くび] [首になる] [coll] meaning: dismiss rank: 2
☆ 彼は会社を首になった ⇨ He was fired from the company
More examples:
- このタートルネックは首が絞まる ⇨ This turtle neck strangles me, is too tight around the neck
- 野党は首相の方針を激しく批判した ⇨ The opposition party vehemently criticized the policy of the prime minister
- 私は乳首がすごく感じる ⇨ My nipples are sexually very sensitive
- 爆弾テロの首謀者 ⇨ The mastermind of a terrorist bomb attack
- 彼は首相に回答を求めた ⇨ He asked the prime minister to respond
- チームは十連勝して首位に返り咲いた ⇨ The team won ten games in a row and returned to the top spot
- 彼は十年間首相の地位にあった ⇨ He was at the position of the prime minister for 10 years
- 首相は選挙の結果で間接的に選ばれる ⇨ The prime minister is chosen indirectly by election results
- 彼等は首位を奪回した ⇨ They have regained the top spot in the standing
- 彼は首相の方針を全面的に支持すると発言した ⇨ He said he totally supported the prime minister’s policy
- 党は首相に辞任を勧告した ⇨ The party recommended the prime minister to resign
- 首相はその政策に否定的な見解を示した ⇨ The prime minister expressed a negative opinion for that policy
- 日焼けした首がひりひりする ⇨ My sunburned neck burns, stings
- 首相は調査委員会の報告を待っている ⇨ The prime minister is waiting for a report from the investigation committee
- 最終的には首相が決断を下さなくてはいけない ⇨ Ultimately the prime minister has to make a decision