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首相しゅしょうNounFreq #15881
1

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

Examples
首相の留守中は外務大臣が代理を務める。
The foreign minister will act for the Prime Minister in his absence.
首領しゅりょう主領NounFreq #16128
1

head; chief; boss; leader

首を傾けるくびをかたむけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #16353
1

to incline one's head

首を切るクビを切る首を斬るくびをきるExpressionGodan verbFreq #19841
1

Idiomatic expression

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge

2

to behead

首をすくめる首を竦めるくびをすくめるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #20597
1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

首脳主脳しゅのうNounFreq #24765
1

Esp. 首脳

head; leader; top

Examples
７カ国の首脳がその会議に出席した。
The top leaders of seven countries attended the meeting.
2

Archaic; Esp. 主脳

important part

首を落とすくびをおとすExpressionGodan verbFreq #25615
1

to behead; to decapitate

首が飛ぶくびがとぶExpressionGodan verbFreq #27602
1

Idiomatic expression

to be sacked; to be dismissed

首を取る首をとるくびをとるExpressionGodan verbFreq #28713
1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off

2

Idiomatic expression

to depose; to topple

首を吊る首をつるくびをつるExpressionGodan verbFreq #36309
1

to hang (e.g. oneself)

首都圏しゅとけんNounFreq #37580
1

Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area

Examples
首都圏でも燃料が不足している。
There's a fuel shortage even in the Tokyo area.
2

metropolitan area (of a capital)

首位主位しゅいNoun～の Adj.Freq #37965
1

first place; head position; leading position

Examples
阪神三日天下。あっと言う間に首位から転落しちゃったよ。
Hanshin's moment of glory didn't last. They fell out of first place in a hurry.
くびになる首になる首に成るクビになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #38056
1

Word usually written using kana alone

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed

Examples
端的に言って、彼は首になったのだ。
To make a long story short, he was fired.
2

to be beheaded

首なし首無しくびなし～の Adj.Freq #39093
1

headless; decapitated

首魁しゅかいNounFreq #39144
1

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

2

forerunner; pioneer

首を長くするくびをながくするExpressionする VerbFreq #42436
1

Idiomatic expression

to eagerly look forward to

Examples
お着きになるのを首を長くしてお待ちしておりました。
I've been looking forward to your arrival.
首脳会談しゅのうかいだん主脳会談NounFreq #43038
1

leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference

Examples
首脳会談のことは世界中で放映される予定だ。
The summit talks are to be broadcast around the globe.
首長しゅちょうNounFreq #45244
1

head (of organization, organisation); chief

2

sheikh; emir

首吊り首つりくびつり首釣りNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #46776
1

hanging oneself; person who hanged themselves

Examples
泥棒にロープを十分に与えれば、彼は首吊りをするであろう。
Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself.
くびにする首にするクビにするExpressionUsually kanaする VerbFreq #47219
1

to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss

Examples
私は使用人の一人をくびにした。
I discharged one of my servants.
首脳部しゅのうぶ主脳部NounFreq #47874
1

executives; top management; governing body

首記しゅきNounFreq #49886
1

abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document

首まわり首回りくびまわりNounFreq #49952
1

around the neck; neck size (measurement)

Examples
これは首まわりがすこしきつすぎる。
This is a bit too tight around my neck.
首を洗って待つくびをあらってまつExpressionGodan verbFreq #50276
1

Idiomatic expression; Usu. in the imperative, as a threat

to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

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