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首くび

#989
Common N4
くび
Meaning
    1. ①
      neck
      Only applies to 首、頸、頚
      その首くびと頭部とうぶはとてもやわらかかった。
      Its neck and head were very soft.
    2. ②
      head
      Only applies to 首、頸、頚
      鳥とりは首くびをひょいと水みずに浸ひたした。
      The bird dipped its head into the water.
    3. ③
      dismissal (from a job); firing; sacking
      あなたの首くびは風前ふうぜんのともし火びだ。
      Your job hangs by a thread.
    1. ①
      EN The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk.
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Kanji
首 シュ neck, counter for songs and poems
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首こうべ

#123,360
こうべ
こうべ
こうべ
Meaning
    1. head
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首つかさ

#331,178
つかさ
つかさ
Meaning
    1. ①
      office; official
      usu. 官,司
    2. ②
      chief; head
    3. ③
      person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
      Only applies to 司
Kanji
官 カン bureaucrat, the government, organ
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