Word details
首切り
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 首切り.
Dictionary
Entry
1
decapitation; beheading
2
firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing
Examples
オーナーたちは組合のシンパを一人残らず解雇するために首切り役を投入した。
The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.
3
small samurai sword used for decapitation
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