► 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:
- 巨人は首位の座から転げ落ちた ⇨ The Giants tumbled down from the top spot
- 彼は首相の決定に異議を唱えた ⇨ He made an objection to the prime minister’s decision
- 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
- 彼は首相と長年親密な関係になる ⇨ He has had an intimate relationship with the prime minister for many years
- 猫の首の鈴 ⇨ A bell around the neck of a cat
- 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
- 東京は日本の首都だ ⇨ Tokyo is the capital of Japan
- 首都は敵に落ちた ⇨ The capital fell to the enemy
- 首相が被災地に赴いた ⇨ The prime minister visited the disaster area
- 首相が災害地を訪れ被害者を慰労した ⇨ The prime minister visited the disaster-stricken area and consoled the victims
- 首相は多国間の共同研究を提唱した ⇨ The prime minister suggested a multi-national cooperative research
- 王は大臣(の首)をすげ替えた ⇨ The king changed the head of the minister, installed a new minister
- 首相は景気は回復に向かっているという見解を示した ⇨ The prime minister expressed his opinion that the economy was improving
- 彼は首相に回答を求めた ⇨ He asked the prime minister to respond
- 彼はそれを聞いて首を傾げた ⇨ He heard that and tilted his head (in perplexity)