► 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:
- 爆弾テロの首謀者 ⇨ The mastermind of a terrorist bomb attack
- 彼等は首位を独走している ⇨ They lead the standing with a wide margin
- オリンピック選手団を首相が激励した ⇨ The prime minister gave a pep talk to the Olympic national team
- 首相が記者団と会見した ⇨ The prime minister met with the press
- 首相は大臣を任免することが出来る ⇨ The prime minister can appoint and dismiss ministers
- 漢字を部首で検索する ⇨ Search a kanji by radical
- チームは首位のチームを急追している ⇨ The team is rapidly catching up with the leading team
- 僕は彼女の乳首を舐めた ⇨ I sucked her nipples
- 彼は首相の座に返り咲いた ⇨ He has returned to the position of the prime minister
- 日本の政治制度では与党の党首が首相になる ⇨ The leader of the leading party will be the prime minister in Japanese political system
- この電話は首相に直通する ⇨ This phone line goes straight to the prime minister
- 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
- 彼等は首位に返り咲いた ⇨ They returned to the top spot in the standing
- 彼等は敵の国の首都を攻落した ⇨ They conquered the capital of the enemy country. The capital fell to their hands
- 首相官邸は警察に警護されている ⇨ The resident of the prime minister is guarded by the police