Japanese Word of the Day

首
くび - kubi

neck

Definitions

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首

1. n. neck (part of the body connecting head and torso)

2. n. the neck and head as a whole

首無し - headless

首を刎ねる - to behead

3. n. dismissal from employment

4. n. Alternative spelling of 頭 (head) (part of the body)

5. counter. poems and songs

6. n. (rare) the first one; a lord

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