► 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:
- チームは破竹の勢いで首位に迫っている ⇨ The team is closing in on the leaders with great momentum
- 首相が被災地に赴いた ⇨ The prime minister visited the disaster area
- 彼は首をだらりと垂れて椅子に座っていた ⇨ He was sitting on a chair with his head drooping down
- 彼女はスカーフを首に巻いた ⇨ She put a scarf around her neck
- 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
- 首都が陥落するのは時間の問題だ ⇨ It’s just a matter of time for the capital to fall
- 爆弾テロの首謀者 ⇨ The mastermind of a terrorist bomb attack
- 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
- 両国の首脳が会談した ⇨ The leaders of the two countries had a meeting
- 首相は大臣を任免することが出来る ⇨ The prime minister can appoint and dismiss ministers
- 犯人は自首した ⇨ The suspect turned himself in
- マスコミは首相が辞任したと速報した ⇨ The media broke the news that the prime minister had resigned
- 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
- 彼等は首位を独走している ⇨ They lead the standing with a wide margin
- 罪人は首をはねられた ⇨ The criminal was executed by decapitation